Communication networks are the key enabling technology for our digital society. In order to
sustain their critical services in the future, communication networks need to flexibly …

The increase of flexibility is a common objective of softwarized networks based on concepts,
such as software defined networking, network function virtualization, and network …

Currently, advanced communications and networks greatly enhance user experiences and
have a major impact on all aspects of people's lifestyles in terms of work, society, and the …

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a novel network paradigm that enables flexible
management for networks. However, with the increase in network capacity, a single …

Software-defined networking (SDN) has attracted the attention of the research community in
recent years, as evidenced by a large number of survey and review papers. The architecture …

This paper presents some optimization method aspects use in telecommunications
networks. The use of optimization methods by machine learning means is especially …

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) brings the benefits of cloud computing, such as computation,
networking, and storage resources, close to end users, thus reducing end-to-end latency …

As emerging network technologies and softwareization render networks more flexible, the
question arises of how to exploit these flexibilities for optimization. Given the complexity of …

Current architecture proposals for Network Function Virtualization (NFV) do not integrate
hardware-accelerated network function implementations. Recent research studies have …

Abstract The Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is the application of the Internet of things (IoT)
technology in intelligent transportation systems. The vehicle accesses the IoV network …