Reliable Internet connectivity is essential for latency-sensitive services such as video conferencing, media streaming, and online gaming. Round-trip time (RTT) is a key indicator of network performance and is central to setting retransmission timeou...
Network operators increasingly rely on abstracted telemetry (e.g., flow records and time-aggregated statistics) to achieve scalable monitoring of high-speed networks, but this abstraction fundamentally constrains the forensic and security inferences...
Devices equipped with the Global Positioning System (GPS) generate massive volumes of trajectory data on a daily basis, imposing substantial computational, network, and storage burdens. Online trajectory simplification reduces redundant points in a s...
In recent years, with the improvement of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) performance, various applications have been explored. In environments such as disaster areas, where existing infrastructure may be damaged, alternative uplink communication for tr...
The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed global connectivity by linking people, smart devices, and data. However, as the number of connected devices continues to grow, ensuring secure data transmission and communication has become increasingly ch...
Efficient clustering is essential for reducing energy consumption and extending the operational lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks. Classical protocols such as LEACH, PEGASIS, HEED, and EEHC frequently exhibit unbalanced energy usage, resulting in...
One of the main sources of entertainment is live video streaming platforms, which allow viewers to watch video streams in real time. However, because of the increasing demand for high quality content, the vulnerability of streaming systems against cy...
The expansion of 5G networks has led to larger attack surfaces due to more applications and use cases, more IoT connections, and the distributed 5G system architecture. Existing security frameworks often lack the ability to perform real-time, context...
Underwater networks are crucial for monitoring the marine ecosystem, enabling data collection to support the preservation and protection of natural resources. Among the various technologies available, acoustic and optical communications stand out for...
IoT applications are increasingly common, yet they often rely on expensive, externally managed authentication services. This paper introduces a novel, self-contained authentication method for IoT applications which leverages fog computing principles...
Future programmable networks such as 5G/6G and large-scale IoT deployments demand dynamic and intelligent bandwidth control mechanisms to ensure stable Quality of Service (QoS) under highly variable traffic conditions. Conventional queue-based schedu...
Among the 15 beamlines in the first phase of the High-Energy Photon Source (HEPS) in China, the maximum peak data generation volume can reach 1 PB per day, with the maximum peak data generation rate reaching 3.2 Tb/s. This poses significant challenge...
Modern Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs) require adaptive controller placement addressing multi-objective optimization where latency minimization, load balancing, and fault tolerance must be simultaneously optimized. Traditional static ap...
Current federated identity management systems lack contextual awareness of workflows across independent systems, creating security gaps and workflow integrity challenges. This article details the design and implementation of Alohomora, a distributed...
Heterogeneous wireless sensor networks (HWSNs), comprising super nodes and normal sensors, offer a promising solution for monitoring diverse environments. However, their deployment is constrained by the limited battery life of sensors. To address thi...
This paper presents a real-time handover and link assignment framework for low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite networks operating in dense urban canyons. The proposed Markov chain-guided simulated annealing (MCSA) algorithm optimizes user-to-satellite as...
Orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams exhibit divergence during transmission, which constrains the capacity of communication system channels. To address these challenges, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs), which can independently manipulate incid...
Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) play a critical role in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), enabling communication between vehicles and roadside infrastructure. This paper proposes an Adaptive Context-Aware VANET Routing (ACAVR) protocol des...
This paper investigates cooperative behavior among Autonomous Systems (ASs) within a federated network environment designed to support collaborative shared-technology deployment. It makes use of the concept of an AS federation, where independently ma...
As network automation and self-organizing networks (SONs) rapidly evolve, edge devices increasingly demand lightweight, real-time, and high-precision classification algorithms to support critical tasks such as traffic identification, intrusion detect...
Elastic optical networks (EONs) must allocate resources dynamically to accommodate heterogeneous, high-bandwidth demands. However, the continuous setup and teardown of connections with different bit rates can fragment the spectrum and lead to blockin...
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles are promising for advancing traffic safety and efficiency. However, the increased connectivity makes these vehicles vulnerable to a broad array of cyber threats. This paper presents a novel hybrid approach for intrus...
As 5G and beyond networks grow in heterogeneity, complexity, and scale, traditional Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) struggle to maintain accurate and precise detection mechanisms. A promising alternative approach to this problem has involved the us...
The successful integration of Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks (T/NTNs) in 6G is poised to revolutionize demanding domains like Earth Observation (EO) and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs). Still, it requires Distributed Machine Learn...
The Internet of Things allows us to implement concepts such as Education 4.0 by connecting sensors, actuators, and applications. In the case of direct and explicit connections, we refer to ensembles that can consist of devices and applications. When...
The rapid expansion of communication networks and increasingly complex service demands have presented significant challenges to the intelligent management of network resources. To address these challenges, we have proposed a network self-optimization...
Network monitoring is becoming increasingly challenging as networks grow in scale, speed, and complexity. The evolution of monitoring approaches reflects a shift from device-centric, localized techniques toward network-wide observability enabled by m...
The hybridization of Near-Field Communication (NFC) with Visible Light Communication (VLC) presents a promising framework for robust, secure, and efficient wireless transmission. By combining proximity-based authentication of NFC with high-speed and...
In this paper, we introduce a novel, self-hosted Syslog collection platform designed specifically to address the challenges that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face in implementing comprehensive syslog monitoring solutions. Our analysis begins w...
Cascading link failures continue to imperil power grids, transport networks, and cyber-physical systems, yet the relationship between a network’s robustness at the moment of attack and its subsequent resiliency remains poorly understood. We int...
Blockchain’s decentralized, immutable, and transparent nature offers a promising solution to enhance security, trust, and efficiency in supply chains. While integrating blockchain into the SCM process poses significant challenges, including tec...
This paper presents a long-range experimental demonstration of multi-mode multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission using orbital angular momentum (OAM) waves for Line-of-Sight (LoS) wireless backhaul applications. A 4 × 4 MIMO system...
Nowadays, internet connectivity suffers from instability and slowness due to optical fiber cable attacks across the seas and oceans. The optimal solution to this problem is using the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, which can resolve the prob...
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Cloud computing has increasingly adopted multi-tenant infrastructures to enhance cost efficiency and resource utilization by enabling the shared use of computational resources. However, this shared model introduces several security and privacy concer...
The Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) extension to Transport Layer Security (TLS) and the new type of Domain Name System (DNS) records called HTTPS represent the latest efforts to improve user privacy by encrypting the server’s domain name during th...
Critical Internet of Things (IoT) data in Fifth Generation Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (5G VANETs) demands Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC) to support mission-critical vehicular applications such as autonomous driving and collision avoi...
The widespread adoption of cloud computing has amplified the demand for electric power. It is strategically important to address the limitations of reliable sources and sustainability of power. Research and investment in data centres and power infras...
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are specialised ad hoc networks composed of small, low-power, and often battery-operated sensor nodes with various sensors and wireless communication capabilities. These nodes collaborate to monitor and collect data fr...
The evolution of 3GPP non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) is enabling new avenues for broadband connectivity via satellite, especially within the scope of 5G. The parallel rise in satellite mega-constellations has further fueled efforts toward ubiquitous...
Digital Twin Networks are advanced digital replicas of physical network infrastructures, offering real-time monitoring, analysis, and optimization capabilities. Despite their potential, the absence of a standardized definition and implementation guid...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is an upcoming technology that is increasingly being used for monitoring and analysing environmental parameters and supports the progress of farm machinery. Agriculture is the main source of living for many people, includ...
In this study, to address the problems of high feedback latency and redundant codebook traversal in traditional Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) beam tracking systems, two novel experimental schemes are proposed: the Edge-Integrated RIS Contr...
The exponential growth in the number of devices connected via the internet has led to the need to achieve granular programmability for increased performance, resilience, reduced latency, and jitter. Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Programming P...
Recent advances in quantum computing have prompted urgent consideration of the migration of classical cryptographic systems to post-quantum alternatives. However, it is impossible to fully understand the impact that migrating to current Post-Quantum...
Cloud computing has witnessed rapid growth and notable technological progress in recent years. Nevertheless, it is still regarded as being in its early developmental phase, with substantial potential remaining to be explored—particularly throug...
As optical networks operate using light-based transmission, assigning wavelengths to the paths taken by traffic demands is a key aspect of their design. This paper revisits the wavelength assignment problem in optical backbone networks, focusing on s...
Cloud computing faces growing challenges in energy consumption due to the increasing demand for services and resource usage in data centers. To address this issue, we propose a novel energy-efficient virtual machine (VM) placement strategy that integ...
The explosion of connected devices and data transmission in the Internet of Things (IoT) era brings substantial burden on the capability of cloud computing. Moreover, these IoT devices are mostly positioned at the edge of a network and limited in res...
The Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) is widely recognized as an effective multi-criteria decision-making algorithm for handover management in terrestrial cellular networks, especially in scenarios involving dyna...
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