Novel Algorithms and Protocols for Networks
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 36806
Special Issue Editors
Interests: network optimization; novel internet architecture; energy-efficiency strategies
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Interests: optical networking; modeling and optimization; network design
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Interests: networking; network security; distributed computing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, applications can be instantiated in a number of datacenters located in different segments of the network, from the core to the edge. Users accessing these applications have stringent requirements in terms of latency, reliability, mobility, and security. Hence, application orchestration frameworks must be agile enough to deploy different instances of applications in multiple locations in real-time, following the requirements and sometimes the location of users. Consequently, the network supporting such applications must be dynamic and support multihoming and high user mobility rates, providing a low latency and secure access.
In this perspective, new key enabling technologies have recently arisen. The recent introduction of softwarization and virtualization at different levels of the network segments enables the optimization of the overall performance, versatility, efficiency, resiliency, security, and automation.
In this context, this Special Issue is targeted at the latest proposals and results in algorithms and protocols to guarantee the required level of performance and QoS guarantees by the upcoming applications envisioned in the post-5G era, including but not limited to the following topics:
- Novel distribution of computing operations to improve application performance
- Intelligent data storage, processing and movement
- Smart deployment of context aware functionalities
- Novel security-by-design architecture models
- Novel algorithms and protocols to deploy, operate, monitor, and troubleshoot networks automatically
Assoc. Prof. Davide Careglio
Assoc. Prof. Mirosław Klinkowski
Prof. Francesco Palmieri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Network optimization
- Distributed computing
- Autonomous networks
- Intelligent network planning and operation
- QoS/QoE guarantees
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