The ongoing network softwarization trend holds the promise to revolutionize network
infrastructures by making them more flexible, reconfigurable, portable, and more adaptive …

Cloud computing has witnessed tremendous growth, prompting enterprises to migrate to the
cloud for reliable and on-demand computing. Within a single Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) …

Software switches are increasingly used in network function virtualization (NFV) to route
traffic between virtualized network functions (VNFs) and physical network interface cards …

In the last few years, several software-based solutions have been proved to be very efficient
for high-speed packet processing, traffic generation, and monitoring, and can be considered …

With the ultimate goal of replacing proprietary hardware appliances with Virtual Network
Functions (VNFs) implemented in software, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has …

Testing experimental network devices requires deep performance analysis, which is usually
performed with expensive, not flexible, hardware equipment. With the advent of highspeed …

The network Quality-of-Service (QoS) strategy in vSwitch aims to guarantee the Service-
Level-Agreement (SLA) for the concurrent Virtual Machines (VMs) residing on a particular …

Abstract Cyber–Physical–Social–System (CPSS) relies on cloud and edge computing for
service deployment and acceleration. As an enabling technology of CPSS, network …

The increasing use of cloud services in several areas has led to the growth of data-intensive
applications. It is necessary to find ways to enhance the efficiency of communications within …

Cloud applications rely on a diverse set of security services from application-layer rate-
limiting to TCP SYN cookies and application firewalls. Some of these services are …