Cloud computing has gained widespread recognition for facilitating myriad online services and applications. However, the current stages of commercial cloud computing employ a moderate design, wherein computational resources like storage and servers a...
The fast expansion of cloud computing has raised carbon emissions and energy usage in cloud data centers, so creative solutions for sustainable resource management are more necessary. This work presents a new algorithm—Carbon-Aware, Energy-Effi...
Cloud vendors offer a variety of serverless technologies promising high availability and dynamic scaling while reducing operational and maintenance costs. One such technology, serverless computing, or function-as-a-service (FaaS), is advertised as a...
With the proliferation of IoT sensors and devices, storing collected data in the cloud has become common. A wide variety of data with different purposes and forms are not directly stored in the cloud but are sent to the cloud via edge servers. At the...
With the emergence of virtualization technology, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) make the network function abstract from the hardware and allow it to be run on virtual machines. These technologies can help...
The current cybersecurity ecosystem is proving insufficient in today’s increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. Malware authors and intruders have pursued innovative avenues to circumvent emulated monitoring systems (EMSs) such as honeypots, v...
With the emergence of containerization 10 years ago, we saw a compact, convenient and portable way of running apps directly concurrently with virtualization. The major difference is in the architecture. Containers share the same kernel as the guest a...
This paper investigates the virtualization of LoRaWAN end nodes through Linux containers (LXCs) to improve scalability, flexibility, and resource management. By leveraging lightweight Docker-based virtualization, we break down the core functions of t...
We describe self-organizing network (SON) concepts and architectures and their potential to play a central role in 5G deployment and next-generation networks. Our focus is on the basic SON use case applied to radio access networks (RAN), which is sel...
In this paper, we propose a novel design, called MixNN, for protecting deep learning model structure and parameters since the model consists of several layers and each layer contains its own structure and parameters. The layers in a deep learning mod...
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a key technology to decouple hardware device and software function. Several virtual network functions (VNFs) combine into a function sequence in a certain order, that is defined as service function chain (SFC)...
IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) is one of the technologies that provides high performance with a high density of connected devices to support emerging demanding services, such as virtual and augmented reality. However, in highly dense deployments, Wi-Fi performa...
With the continuous expansion of application scenarios for cloud computing, large-scale service deployments in cloud data centers are accompanied by a significant increase in resource consumption. Virtual machines (VMs) in data centers are allocated...
Traditional hypervisor-assisted virtualization is a leading virtualization technology in data centers, providing cost savings (CapEx and OpEx), high availability, and disaster recovery. However, its inherent overhead may hinder performance and seems...
Although the deployment and integration of isolated microgrids is gaining widespread support, regulation of microgrid frequency under high penetration levels of renewable sources is still being researched. Among the numerous studies on frequency stab...
Kubernetes, known for its versatility in infrastructure management, rapid scalability, and ease of deployment, makes it an excellent platform for edge computing. However, its native scheduling algorithm struggles with load balancing, especially durin...
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a rapidly growing technology that enables the virtualization of traditional network hardware components, offering benefits such as cost reduction, increased flexibility, and efficient resource utilization. Mor...
Because of the complex production processes and technology-intensive operations that take place in the aerospace and defense industry, introducing Industry 4.0 into the manufacturing processes of aircraft composite materials is inevitable. Digital Tw...
Network slicing has become a fundamental property for next-generation networks, especially because an inherent part of 5G standardisation is the ability for service providers to migrate some or all of their network services to a virtual network infra...
The emerging 5G applications and the connectivity of billions of devices have driven the investigation of multi-domain heterogeneous converged optical networks. To support emerging applications with their diverse quality of service requirements, netw...
With the development of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology, a variety of embedded and mobile devices is integrated to interact via the platform of the Internet of Things, especially in the domain of smart cities. One of the primary challenges is tha...
Container-based virtualization has gained significant popularity in recent years because of its simplicity in deployment and adaptability in terms of cloud resource provisioning. Containerization technology is the recent development in cloud computin...
Starting from the concept of the Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN), continuing with the virtual Radio Access Network (vRAN) and most recently with the Open RAN (O-RAN) initiative, Radio Access Network (RAN) architectures have significantly evolved i...
In Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds, the development process of a ready-to-use and reliable infrastructure might be a complex task due to the interconnected and dependent services that are deployed (and operated later on) in a concurrent way...
In recent years, the penetration of renewable power generations into the electrical grid has substantially increased. Continuous deployment of power electronic-based distributed generations and the reduction of traditional synchronous machines with t...
This work proposes a systematic methodology for designing an active leveling system (ALS) actuator for lunar landing application. The ALS actuator is integrated into an inverted tripod leg layout, exploiting a honeycomb crushable damper as a shock ab...
The emergence of fog and edge computing has complemented cloud computing in the design of pervasive, computing-intensive applications. The proximity of fog resources to data sources has contributed to minimizing network operating expenditure and has...
The integration of autonomous vehicles (AVs) into road transport requires robust experimental tools to analyze the human–machine interaction, particularly under conditions of system disengagement. This study presents the primary controls calibr...
Cloud computing supports many unprecedented cloud-based vehicular applications. To improve connectivity and bandwidth through programmable networking architectures, Software- Defined (SD) Vehicular Network (SDVN) is introduced. SDVN architecture enab...
The advancing applications based on machine learning and deep learning in communication networks have been exponentially increasing in the system architectures of enabled software-defined networking, network functions virtualization, and other wired/...
Current cloud service offerings, i.e., Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings are often provided as monolithic, one-size-fits-all solutions and give little or no room for customizat...
The symmetry between customer expectations and operator goals, on one hand, and the digital transition of the railways, on the other hand, is one of the main factors affecting green transport sustainability. The European Train Control System (ETCS) w...
Fifth-generation networks efficiently support and fulfill the demands of mobile broadband and communication services. There has been a continuing advancement from 4G to 5G networks, with 5G mainly providing the three services of enhanced mobile broad...
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of mobile network softwarization, emphasizing the technological foundations and its transformative impact on the energy efficiency of modern and future mobile networks. In the paper, a detailed analysis of...
Several Internet of Things (IoT) applications are booming which rely on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and, in particular, machine learning (ML) algorithms to assist the users and make decisions on their behalf in a large variety of contexts,...
This paper presents a simulation approach for mobile robots designed to operate within networks intended for emergency response scenarios. The simulation component is part of a broader and more complex system architecture focused on enhancing communi...
Virtual reality (VR)- and augmented reality (AR)-based simulations are key technologies in Industry 4.0 which allow for testing and studying of new processes before their deployment. A simulator of industrial processes needs a flexible way in which t...
Cybercrime has become more pervasive and sophisticated over the years. Cyber ranges have emerged as a solution to keep pace with the rapid evolution of cybersecurity threats and attacks. Cyber ranges have evolved to virtual environments that allow va...
In response to the problem of bowl seedling detachment caused by the shaking of the transplanting machine in plant factories, this paper proposes a physical entity monitoring method for the digital twin (DT) plant factory transplanting system. The me...
Artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL), is rapidly transforming clinical veterinary practice by enhancing diagnostics, disease surveillance and decision support processes across animal health domains. The...
Simulation has become an indispensable technique for modelling and evaluating the performance of large-scale systems efficiently and at a relatively low cost. ElasticSearch (ES) is one of the most popular open source large-scale distributed data inde...
The rapid development of 5G networks and the anticipation of 6G technologies have ushered in an era of highly customizable network environments facilitated by the innovative concept of network slicing. This technology allows the creation of multiple...
Fault diagnosis is a core technology ensuring the safe and efficient operation of industrial systems. A paradigm shift has been observed wherein traditional signal analysis has been replaced by intelligent, algorithm-driven approaches. In recent year...
Digital tools have become indispensable for the testing and modification of prototypes in mobile and industrial machine manufacturing. Data that are extracted from virtual experimentation and analysis are both affordable and valuable, due to their re...
Fifth-generation (5G) and beyond networks are envisioned to serve multiple emerging applications having diverse and strict quality of service (QoS) requirements. To meet ultra-reliable and low latency communication, real-time data processing and mass...
The Industry 4.0 revolution envisions fully interconnected scenarios in the manufacturing industry to improve the efficiency, quality, and performance of the manufacturing processes. In parallel, the consolidation of 5G technology is providing substa...
Several revolutionary applications have been built on the distributed ledgers of blockchain (BC) technology. Besides cryptocurrencies, many other application fields can be found in smart systems exploiting smart contracts and Self Sovereign Identity...
The modelling of IoT applications utilising the resources of cloud and fog computing is not straightforward because they have to support various trigger-based events that make human life easier. The sequence of tasks, such as performing a service cal...
A common challenge among internal combustion engine (ICE) manufacturers is shortening the development time while facing requirements and specifications that are becoming more complex and border in scope. Virtual simulation and calibration are effecti...
Network function virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology that is gaining popularity for network function migration. NFV converts a network function from a dedicated hardware device into a virtual network function (VNF), thereby improving the a...
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