Cloud-based augmentation for mobile devices: motivation, taxonomies, and open challenges

S Abolfazli, Z Sanaei, E Ahmed… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, Cloud-based Mobile Augmentation (CMA) approaches have gained remarkable
ground from academia and industry. CMA is the state-of-the-art mobile augmentation model …

Enabling vertical handover decisions in heterogeneous wireless networks: A state-of-the-art and a classification

A Ahmed, LM Boulahia, D Gaiti - … Communications Surveys & …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless networks are passing through a transition phase for the past few years now and
this transition is giving a way towards the convergence of all IP-based networks to form the …

A survey on context-aware mobile and wireless networking: On networking and computing environments' integration

P Makris, DN Skoutas, C Skianis - … communications surveys & …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During the last years, a continuous convergence and fusion of computing and networking
systems is stressed in the ICT research community. Context awareness appears to be a …

Survey of context provisioning middleware

M Knappmeyer, SL Kiani, ES Reetz… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the scope of ubiquitous computing, one of the key issues is the awareness of context,
which includes diverse aspects of the user's situation including his activities, physical …

Pervasive computing at scale: Transforming the state of the art

DJ Cook, SK Das - Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 2012 - Elsevier
The remarkable recent progress in computing power, sensors and embedded devices, smart
phones, wireless communications and networking technologies, combined with emerging …

Autonomic handover management for heterogeneous networks in a future internet context: A survey

A Stamou, N Dimitriou, K Kontovasilis… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Future Internet (FI) scenarios envisage ubiquitous broadband coverage and seamless
mobility, enabling the availability of personalized network connectivity at all places and with …

[HTML][HTML] Resilient dependable cyber-physical systems: a middleware perspective

G Denker, N Dutt, S Mehrotra, MO Stehr… - Journal of Internet …, 2012 - Springer
In this paper, we address the role of middleware in enabling robust and resilient cyber-
physical systems (CPSs) of the future. In particular, we will focus on how adaptation services …

Context-aware, user-driven, network-controlled RAT selection for 5G networks

S Barmpounakis, A Kaloxylos, P Spapis, N Alonistioti - Computer Networks, 2017 - Elsevier
It is expected that in the very near future, cellular networks will have to deal with a massive
data traffic increase, as well as a vast number of devices. Optimal placement of the end …

Towards proactive context-aware self-healing for 5G networks

MZ Asghar, P Nieminen, S Hämäläinen, T Ristaniemi… - Computer …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, we suggest a new research direction and a future vision for Self-Healing (SH)
in Self-Organizing Networks (SONs). The problem we wish to solve is that traditional SH …

An efficient RAT selection mechanism for 5G cellular networks

A Kaloxylos, S Barmpounakis, P Spapis… - 2014 International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design of an efficient radio access selection mechanism for 5G cellular networks is of
paramount importance. Several proposals exist in the literature, but up to now the deployed …