A comprehensive survey of network function virtualization

B Yi, X Wang, K Li, M Huang - Computer Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

Energy aware edge computing: A survey

C Jiang, T Fan, H Gao, W Shi, L Liu, C Cérin… - Computer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Edge computing is an emerging paradigm for the increasing computing and networking
demands from end devices to smart things. Edge computing allows the computation to be …

Edge of things: The big picture on the integration of edge, IoT and the cloud in a distributed computing environment

H El-Sayed, S Sankar, M Prasad, D Puthal… - ieee …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A centralized infrastructure system carries out existing data analytics and decision-making
processes from our current highly virtualized platform of wireless networks and the Internet …

Trustworthy and sustainable smart city services at the edge

Y Jararweh, S Otoum, I Al Ridhawi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
The proliferation of smart city and Internet of Things (IoT) applications has introduced
numerous challenges related to network performance, reliability, and security. Moreover, the …

SDN enhanced multi-access edge computing (MEC) for E2E mobility and QoS management

SDA Shah, MA Gregory, S Li, RDR Fontes - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is a key enabler of the fifth-generation (5G) mobile
cellular networks. MEC enables Ultra-reliable and Low-latency Communications (URLLC) …

A context-aware privacy-preserving method for IoT-based smart city using software defined networking

M Gheisari, G Wang, WZ Khan… - Computers & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Smart City is an application of the Internet of Things (IoT) with the aim of managing cities
without human intervention. Each IoT device that is producing data may sense a sensitive …

Software-defined edge computing (SDEC): Principle, open IoT system architecture, applications, and challenges

P Hu, W Chen, C He, Y Li, H Ning - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Edge computing is a bridge for realizing the convergence between physical space and
cyber space in the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm. Large numbers of physical objects …

Slicing on the road: Enabling the automotive vertical through 5G network softwarization

C Campolo, R dos Reis Fontes, A Molinaro… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
The demanding requirements of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) applications, such as ultra-low
latency, high-bandwidth, highly-reliable communication, intensive computation and near …

Cooperative mobile edge computing system for VANET-based software-defined content delivery

J Al-Badarneh, Y Jararweh, M Al-Ayyoub… - Computers & Electrical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Next-generation smart cities and Internet of Things (IoT) are getting more mature in terms of
services and infrastructure requirements. Multiple smart vehicle applications are being …

Slicing-based reliable resource orchestration for secure software-defined edge-cloud computing systems

J Tang, J Nie, Z **ong, J Zhao… - IEEE internet of things …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The edge-cloud computing and network slicing have emerged as promising solutions to
fulfill the diversity of IoT applications enabled by 5G and beyond. However, edge-cloud …