Abstract The emerging Software Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm is being adopted by
the telecom industry since it enables flexible network resource allocation, configuration and …

Due to that Service Function Chain (SFC) permits the forwarding of flows along a
predetermined sequence chain of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), it has become a …

Recent advances in traffic engineering offer a series of techniques to address the network
problems due to the explosive growth of Internet traffic. In traffic engineering, dynamic path …

Multicasting is a fundamental functionality of many network applications, including online
conferencing, event monitoring, video streaming, and so on. To ensure reliable, secure, and …

In the Service-Function-Chaining (SFC) enabled networks, various sophisticated policy-
aware network functions, such as intrusion detection, access control and unified threat …

Software Defined Networks (SDN) is a new network paradigm that emerged to offer better
network management by separating network control logic and data forwarding element. This …

Abstract Software Defined Network (SDN) has become one of the most preferred solutions
for the management of large-scale complex networks. The network policies in the large …

Stringent delay requirements of many mobile applications have led to the development of
mobile edge clouds, to offer low latency network services at the network edges. Most …

Mobile edge computing and network function virtualization (NFV) paradigms enable new
flexibility and possibilities of the deployment of extreme low-latency services for Internet-of …

Moving target defense (MTD) is an emerging proactive defense technology, which can
reduce the risk of vulnerabilities exploited by attacker. As a crucial component of MTD, route …