In order to facilitate flexible network service virtualization and migration, network functions
(NFs) are increasingly executed by software modules as so-called “softwarized NFs” on …

A 5G campus network is a 5G network for the users affiliated with the campus organization,
eg, an industrial campus, covering a prescribed geographical area. A 5G campus network …

The path a packet takes when handled by the Linux Kernel has been well established for a
long time. Its overhead/bottleneck issues are also known. Nonetheless, complexity has …

Firewall capabilities of operating systems are traditionally provided by inflexible filter
routines or hooks in the kernel. These require privileged access to be configured and are not …

Throughput is a commonly used performance indicator for networks. However, throughput
may be considered insignificant if data is outdated or networks become unpredictable or …

Container networking, which provides connectivity among containers on multiple hosts, is
crucial to building and scaling container-based microservices. While overlay networks are …

5G introduces different communication types to support novel applications, eg, industrial
control, depending on ultra-reliable, low-latency communication (URLLC) to provide their …

X-RDMA is a communication middleware deployed and heavily used in Alibaba's large-
scale cluster hosting cloud storage and database systems. Unlike recent research projects …

Network slicing is considered a key enabler to 5th Generation (5G) communication
networks. Mobile network operators may deploy network slices-complete logical networks …

Cloud-based Radio Access Network (Cloud-RAN) leverages virtualization to enable the
coexistence of multiple virtual Base Band Units (vBBUs) with collocated workloads on a …