Since the appearance of OpenFlow back in 2008, software-defined networking (SDN) has
gained momentum. Although there are some discrepancies between the standards …

Internet of things (IoT) facilitates billions of devices to be enabled with network connectivity
to collect and exchange real-time information for providing intelligent services. Thus, IoT …

Wide deployment and dense usage of computer networks may cause excessive energy
consumption due to the increase in probability of network congestion, frame collisions and …

Software-defined networking (SDN) is the potential deployment platform for the future
Internet and enterprise networks. In SDN, the logical control (programs) and the forwarding …

Integrating renewables into the mainstream energy market is pivotal for the green revolution
promised by the smart grid. The real power behind realization of the smart grid goals lies in …

In the upcoming 5G networks and following the emerging software-defined
networking/network function virtualization (SDN/NFV) paradigm, demanded services will be …

The constant evolution and expansion of the Internet and Internet-related technologies has
exposed the limitations of the current networking infrastructures, which are represented by …

In this paper, we present a set of power-aware dynamic allocators for virtual machines (VMs)
in cloud data centers (DCs) taking advantage of the software defined networking paradigm …

Abstract The oversubscription of Data Center network links and the high volatility of Virtual
Machine (VM) deployments call for a flexible and agile control of Data Center networks …

Virtual data center (VDC) solutions provide an environment that is able to quickly scale up,
and where virtual machines and network resources can be quickly added on-demand …