Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

Integrating the various embedded devices and systems in our environment enables an
Internet of Things (IoT) for a smart city. The IoT will generate tremendous amount of data that …

With the advent of cloud computing, many new networking concepts have been introduced
to simplify network management and bring innovation through network programmability. The …

Having gained momentum from its promise of centralized control over distributed network
architectures at bargain costs, software-defined Networking (SDN) is an ever-increasing …

Diverse proprietary network appliances increase both the capital and operational expense
of service providers, meanwhile causing problems of network ossification. Network function …

Software defined networking (SDN) decouples the network control and data planes. The
network intelligence and state are logically centralized and the underlying network …

Software-defined networking (SDN) is an emerging paradigm, which breaks the vertical
integration in traditional networks to provide the flexibility to program the network through …

The proposition of increased innovation in network applications and reduced cost for
network operators has won over the networking world to the vision of software-defined …

Middleboxes or network appliances like firewalls, proxies, and WAN optimizers have
become an integral part of today's ISP and enterprise networks. Middlebox functionalities …

Cloud computing is gaining significant attention and virtualized datacenters are becoming
popular as a cost-effective infrastructure. The network services are transitioning from a host …