- Software-Defined Networks and 5G
- Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
- IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
- Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies
- Wireless Networks and Protocols
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
- Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection
- Advanced Optical Network Technologies
- IoT Networks and Protocols
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
- Smart Grid Security and Resilience
- Age of Information Optimization
- Caching and Content Delivery
- IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security
- Brain Tumor Detection and Classification
- Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
- Internet of Things and AI
- Multimedia Communication and Technology
- Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
- Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
- Cloud Computing and Resource Management
- Full-Duplex Wireless Communications
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
2017-2024
University of Zululand
2024
University of Pretoria
2017-2019
Software defined networking (SDN) brings about innovation, simplicity in network management, and configuration computing. Traditional networks often lack the flexibility to bring into effect instant changes because of rigidity also over dependence on proprietary services. SDN decouples control plane from data plane, thus moving logic node a central controller. A wireless sensor (WSN) is great platform for low-rate personal area with little resources short communication ranges. However, as...
Software-defined wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a new and emerging network paradigm that seeks to address the impending issues in WSNs. It is formed by applying software-defined networking WSNs whose basic tenet centralization of control intelligence network. The controller rouses many challenges such as security, reliability, scalability, performance. A distributed system proposed this paper arising from pertaining centralized controller. Fragmentation method distribution, which...
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a developing networking paradigm that advocates complete overhaul of the conventional networking. SDN decouples control logic from data forwarding functionality; which traditionally are coupled on network device. The coupling stifles innovation and evolution because often becomes rigid. Wireless Sensor Networks (SDWSN) also an emerging infuses model into (WSNs). WSNs have inherent constraints such as energy, memory etc. been major hindrance their...
Abstract Software‐defined wireless sensor networking (SDWSN) is a new paradigm formed by applying software‐defined to networks. Fragmentation‐based distributed control system offers an efficient way of distributing the SDWSN services across network. Fragmentation aims bring closer infrastructure network in order reduce propagation latency. It also improve scalability, reliability, and performance The fragmentation model earmarked play huge role stimulating participation Internet Things. To...
Field trials and experimentation are crucial for accelerating the adoption of standalone (SA) 5G in Africa. Traditionally, only network operators vendors had opportunity practical due to proprietary systems licensing restrictions. However, emergence open source cellular stacks affordable software-defined radio (SDR) is changing this landscape. Although these technologies not yet fully developed complete systems, their progress rapid, research community using them test different use cases...
The Fog computing paradigm allow applications to be processed at the edge of a network. This is designed mitigate high latency and burden task requests sent centralized cloud servers by end devices. permits different portions scheduled nodes available edge. These offer processing services have appeared as feasible technique for real time applications. However, scheduling among must effective, meaning it not over consume resources because limited Consuming extra amount energy than on can lead...
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a computer network paradigm that has the potential to simplify management and configuration by increasing programmability abstraction. In contrast traditional networks, SDN separates control plane, which decides how route traffic, from data delivers traffic specific destinations. This makes more programmable, dynamic, centralized (through controller). enables managers easily design services flows because of SDN's greater degree abstraction, eliminates...
Software-Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualisation are gaining much prominence in the technological space. Major technologies built on their principles. As impact permeates, many architectural designs networking, computing storage have to be rethought because this affects conventional way of running deploying applications. The urge save costs rapidly changing era, operators continually searching for better methods. This paper extends work previously conducted Fragmentation-based...
The following topics are dealt with: learning (artificial intelligence); Internet of Things; cloud computing; semantic Web; feature extraction; social networking (online); Internet; computer vision; ontologies statistical analysis.
Software Defined Networking (SDN) helps in distributing network capacity more effectively by dynamically adjusting to changing demands, and managing failure rapidly. However, considering the next-generation Wide Area Networks (WANs), which are required be fast, scalable, reliable cost effective, transition completely SDN infrastructure will challenging. One of these challenges is that a full deployment SDN, whereby all nodes on SDN-enabled, cannot straightforwardly accomplished diminutive...
Active radio access network (RAN) infrastructure sharing has emerged as a promising solution for efficient spectrum utilization, capital and operational cost savings, improved MVNO penetration rates lower broadband retail prices in both emerging developed markets. This paper presents tutorial on the testbed implementation of an active RAN architecture, leveraging multi-vendor virtualized 5G 4G core networks running commodity hardware proprietary equipment (eNodeB). Troubleshooting techniques...
The global market for 5G technology has been experiencing significant growth and is expected to continue expanding rapidly in the foreseeable future. In 2020 alone, more than 225 million smartphones were sold worldwide. This trend urges network operators investigate assess readiness of their existing planned infrastructure effectively serve increasing number subscribers. Among various components a mobile network, User Plane Function (UPF) within core plays crucial role determining its...