The Internet of Things (IoT), coupled with the edge computing paradigm, is enabling several
pervasive networked applications with stringent real-time requirements, such as …

Numerous network management tasks in Software-defined networking (SDN)
infrastructures, such as routing, resource allocation, and service placement, heavily depend …

Internet traffic matrices are used nowadays for a variety of network management operations,
from planning to repairing. Despite years of research on the topic, obtaining a global view of …

Data center traffic management challenges increase with the complexity and variety of new
Internet and Web applications. Efficient network management systems are often needed to …

With the dynamic demands and stringent requirements of various applications, networks
need to be high-performance, scalable, and adaptive to changes. Researchers and …

The soaring complexity of networks has led to more and more complex methods to manage
and orchestrate efficiently the multitude of network environments. Several solutions exist …

Network emulators and simulation environments traditionally support computer networking
and distributed system research. The continued use of multiple approaches highlights both …

The high programmability provided by Software Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm
facilitated the integration of Machine Learning (ML) methods to design a new family of …

A recent trend dictating evolution of management and orchestration of computer networks is
constituted by the softwarization and virtualization of them, which have drastically simplified …

This special section features the latest research contributions regarding the design and
management of reliable networks. Reliability of communication infrastructure is a top priority …