Unmanned aerial vehicles are gaining a lot of popularity among an ever growing community amateurs as well service providers. Emerging technologies, such LTE 4G/5G networks and mobile edge computing, will widen the use case scenarios UAVs. In this article, we discuss potential UAVs, equipped with IoT devices, in delivering services from great heights. A high-level view UAV-based integrative platform for delivery large height, along overall system orchestrator, is presented article. As...

Internet of Things security is attracting a growing attention from both academic and industry communities. Indeed, IoT devices are prone to various attacks varying Denial Service (DoS) network intrusion data leakage. This paper presents novel machine learning (ML) based framework that automatically copes with the expanding aspects related domain. leverages Software Defined Networking (SDN) Network Function Virtualization (NFV) enablers for mitigating different threats. AI combines monitoring...

Sixth-generation (6G) networks anticipate intelligently supporting a wide range of smart services and innovative applications. Such context urges heavy usage Machine Learning (ML) techniques, particularly Deep (DL), to foster innovation ease the deployment intelligent network functions/operations, which are able fulfill various requirements envisioned 6G services. The revolution is driven by massive data availability, moving from centralized big towards small distributed data. This trend has...

The research and development (R&D) the standardization of 5th Generation (5G) mobile networking technologies are proceeding at a rapid pace all around world. In this paper, we introduce emerging concept network slicing that is considered one most significant technology challenges for 5G infrastructure, summarize our preliminary efforts to enable end-to-end networking, finally discuss application use cases should drive designs infrastructure slicing.

Cloud offerings represent a promising solution for mobile network operators to cope with the surging traffic. The concept of carrier cloud has therefore emerged as an important topic inquiry. For successful cloud, algorithms optimal placement Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) on federated are crucial importance. In this paper, we introduce different VNF two main design goals: i) minimizing path between users and their respective data anchor gateways ii) optimizing sessions' mobility. goals...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining much momentum due to the vast number of their applications. In addition original missions, UAVs can be used simultaneously for offering value added Internet Things services (VAIoTS) from sky. VAIoTS achieved by equipping with suitable (IoT) payloads and organizing UAVs' flights using a central system orchestrator (SO). SO holds complete information about UAVs, such as current positions, amount energy, intended use-cases or flight onboard IoT...

Carrier Cloud is a promising concept towards the decentralization of mobile networks, to, in turn, alleviate traffic load and reduce operator cost. cloud enabled by two main approaches, namely virtualization network functions networking over federated cloud. For intelligent carrier dimensioning, placement vital importance. In this vein, paper argues need for adopting service/application type requirements as metrics (i) creating virtual instances Packet Data Network Gateways (PDN-GW) (ii)...

This paper introduces a content delivery network as service (CDNaaS) platform that allows dynamic deployment and life-cycle management of virtual (CDN) slices running across multiple administrative cloud domains. The CDN slice consists four function (VNF) types, namely transcoders, streamers, caches, CDN-slice-specific Coordinator for the resources involved To create an efficient slice, optimal placement its composing VNFs using adequate amount each VNF is vital importance. In this vein,...

In this paper we address the problem of Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller placement in large networks. Indeed, to solve scalability issue raised by centralized architecture SDN, multi-controllers deployment (or distributed controllers system) is envisioned. However, number and location networks remain an issue. context, several works have been proposed find optimal SDN controllers. Most them consider latency among switches as main metric. work, go beyond state art proposing a...

To integrate Software Defined Networking (SDN) in the envisioned 5G system, a separation of control and user data plane functions Evolved Packet Core (EPC) is required. This will impact mainly available at Serving GateWay (SGW) (PGW) elements, result two new entities; i.e. S/PGW-C S/PGW-U (PGW-C PGW-U). The integrates all (such as signaling tunnel creation), while contains only forwarding functions. order to forward UE traffic appropriate destinations by enforcing rules e.g., using Openflow...

Industry 4.0 aims at shaking the current manufacturing landscape by leveraging adoption of smart industrial equipment with increased connectivity, sensing, and actuation capabilities. By exploring access to real-time production information advanced remote control features, servitization firms promise novel added value services for operators customers. On other hand, networks would face a transformation process in order support flexibility expected next-generation processes enable...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently attracted both academia and industry representatives due to their utilization in tremendous emerging applications. Most UAV applications adopt visual line of sight (VLOS) ongoing regulations. There is a consensus between for extending UAVs' commercial operations cover the urban populated area-controlled airspace beyond VLOS (BVLOS). regulation enabling BVLOS management. Regrettably, this comes with unavoidable challenges related autonomy...

Energy limitation is the main concern of any wireless sensor network application. The communication between nodes greedy factor for energy consumption. One important mechanism to reduce consumption in-network data aggregation. In-network aggregation removes redundancy as well unnecessary forwarding, and hence cuts on used in communications. Recently a new kind applications are proposed which consider, addition efficiency, latency accuracy factors. Reducing helps increasing throughput early...

Many ongoing research activities relevant to 5G mobile systems concern the virtualization of core network, including evolved packet (EPC) elements, aiming for system scalability, elasticity, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. Virtual EPC (vEPC)/5G will principally rely on some key technologies, such as network function virtualization, software defined networking, cloud computing, enabling concept carrier cloud. The idea beneath this concept, also known a service, consists in deploying virtual...

Network Slicing (NS) is a key enabler of the upcoming 5G and beyond system, leveraging on both Function Virtualization (NFV) Software Defined Networking (SDN), NS will enable flexible deployment Functions (NFs) belonging to multiple Service Chains (SFC) over various administrative technological domains. Our novel architecture addresses complexities heterogeneities verticals targeted by systems, whereby each slice consists set SFCs, SFC handles specific traffic within slice. In this paper, we...

To support the much desired ultra-short latency of 5G mobile systems, many micro-data centers will be deployed in vicinity users, defining a distributed edge cloud. Over this cloud, it is important to create optimal network slices different verticals. Optimality defined terms cost efficiency and QoS support. Therefore, understand behavior users service consumption. In paper, we present, on one hand, tool for developing spatio-temporal model usage over particular geographical area. This help...

Network slicing offers numerous benefits, particularly the ability to deliver highly customizable services new industry sectors that have been unserved or inadequately served by current mobile network operators. Among use cases are targeted fifth generation (5G) systems, there exist scenarios go beyond what device-centric mobility approaches can support. The of low latency communication services, shared a group moving devices, e.g., autonomous vehicles share sensor data, is prime example...

This article considers the data aggregation scheduling problem, where a collision-free schedule is determined in distributed way to route aggregated from all sensor nodes base station within least time duration. The algorithm proposed this (Distributed for Integrated tree Construction and Aggregation (DICA)) intertwines formation node reduce latency. Furthermore, while forming tree, DICA maximizes available choices parent selection at every node, may have same, lower, or higher hop count...

The next generation of mobile systems, 5G, will be the communication standard that accommodates proliferation Internet Things (IoT). Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are envisioned to support many applications in providing 5G connectivity IoT, by extending highspeed from sky objects on ground, or even carrying onboard some IoT devices. However, given their critical nature, management UAVs induces high exchange control messages with ground station, resulting crowded spectrum used cellular...

Extending cloud infrastructure to the Network Edge represents a breakthrough support delay-sensitive applications in next 5G cellular systems. In this context, enable ultrashort response times, fast relocation of service instances between edge nodes is required cope with user mobility. To face issue, proactive replication considered promising strategy reduce overall migration time and guarantee desired Quality Experience (QoE). On other hand, provisioning replicas over multiple increases...

5G system and beyond targets a large number of emerging applications services that will create extra overhead on network traffic. These industrial verticals have aggressive, contentious, conflicting requirements make the an arduous mission for achieving desired objectives. It is expected to get with close zero time latency, high data rate, reliability. Fortunately, ray hope comes shining way telecom providers new progress achievements in machine learning, cloud computing, micro-services,...

One of the key objectives 5G is to evolve current mobile network architecture from "one-fit-all" design model a more customized and dynamically scaling one that enables deployment parallel systems, tailored service requirements on top shared infrastructure. Indeed, envisioned services may require different needs in terms capacity, latency, bandwidth, reliability security, which cannot be efficiently sustained by same Coming address these customization challenges, softwarization expressed...

This paper presents a UAV-based integrative IoT platform that leverages UAVs to deliver different services from height. One of the major tasks is select appropriate for particular task. selection may be based on criteria, such as UAV's equipment, energy budget and geographical proximity UAV area interest. For mechanism, this proposes formulates two Linear Integer Problem (LIP) optimization solutions by aiming at minimizing consumption shortening operation time. These are dubbed Energy-Aware...