The deployment and operation of Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) at the network edge
provides low latency computing and storage services for end user devices. Support for …

Future communication networks are envisioned to satisfy increasingly granular and dynamic
requirements to accommodate the application and user demands. Indeed, novel immersive …

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications have diverse network session requirements.
Certain critical applications, such as emergency alert relays, as well as industrial floor …

Home networks increasingly support important networked applications with limited
professional network administration support, while sophisticated attacks pose enormous …

Diffusion-based molecular nanonetworks exploit the diffusion of molecules, eg, in free space
or in blood vessels, for the purpose of communication. This article comprehensively surveys …

Scalable and flexible communication networks increasingly conduct the packet processing
for Network Functions (NFs) in General Purpose Computing (GPC) platforms. The …

Serverless edge computing is an emerging concept where only required functions are
defined and executed as container instances at the edge cloud. The edge cloud has finite …

Existing Network Function Virtualization (NFV) service placements that reuse already
deployed network functions either reuse an entire Service Function Chain (SFC) or only …

A wide range of information technology applications require the identification of a particular
message or label that represents the identity of an object at a distance, eg, over a wireless …

Mobile edge computing emerges as a new paradigm to provide low-latency network
services in the close proximity to users. Based on the network function virtualization (NFV) …