The use of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) in the communications of the Industrial
Internet of Things (IIoT) demands more comprehensive solutions than those developed to …

Network slicing has emerged as a promising networking paradigm to provide resources
tailored for Industry 4.0 and diverse services in 5G networks. However, the increased …

The next generation of cellular networks will be characterized by softwarized, open, and
disaggregated architectures exposing analytics and control knobs to enable network …

Due to the rapid development of the fifth-generation (5G) applications, and increased
demand for even faster communication networks, we expected to witness the birth of a new …

Balancing network traffic among base stations poses a primary challenge for mobile
operators because of the escalating demand for enhanced data speeds in large-scale 5G …

Metropolitan optical networks are undergoing significant transformations to continue being
able to provide services that meet the requirements of the applications of the future. The …

Due to the rapidly increasing number of base stations (BSs) in the operational cellular
networks, their energy consumption is escalating. In this paper, we propose an intelligent …

The next generation of cellular networks will be characterized by softwarized, open, and
disaggregated architectures exposing analytics and control knobs to enable network …

An innovative resource allocation framework for virtualized network environments and
based on the application of Artificial Intelligence techniques is proposed and investigated. It …

The new technologies introduced by 5G, such as network slicing, will improve the
capabilities of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications, enabling the introduction of a new …