Robust optimization (RO) is a powerful mean to handle optimization problems where there is a set of parameters that are uncertain. The effectiveness of the m...

In this paper, we propose a queueing model to analyze the performance of an opportunistic spectrum access (OSA) system with service interruptions operating o...

We provide a comprehensive delay and queueing analysis for two baseline medium access control protocols for multi-user cognitive radio networks with homogene...

Notables features of cognitive radios have made them a technology of choice for wireless communications and motivated the notion of cognitive radio cellular ...

Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) for secondary networks improves the spectrum utilization by finding spectrum opportunities and exploiting them efficiently. A k...

In this paper, we present a new queueing model providing the accurate average system time for packets transmitted over a cognitive radio (CR) link for multip...

In this paper we introduce a joint planning and energy management framework for Wireless Mesh Networks. In order to show that power management should be inte...

The packet delay variation, commonly called delay jitter, is an important quality of service parameter in IP networks especially for real-time applications. ...

Jitter buffering is a key component in multimedia and real-time services. A jitter buffer is used at the receiver side to control packet rate and to compensa...

A reliable and scalable mechanism to provide protection against a link or node failure has additional requirements in the context of SDN and OpenFlow. Not on...

This paper introduces a joint planning and management optimization approach for cellular networks to limit energy consumption while guaranteeing QoS and mini...

The paper proposes a fundamental modeling and optimization framework for the planning of energy-aware wireless networks. The key idea is that, in order to p...

Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) benefit from several features, such as decision-making, spectrum-awareness and reconfigurability over heterogeneous channels....

Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) benefit from several features, such as decision-making, spectrum-awareness and reconfigurability, which enable them to perfor...

Regarding the integration of services and applications, a requisite for the widely deployment of cognitive radio networks is the support of service different...

Recent data confirms that the power consumption of the ICT and of the Internet itself can no longer be ignored considering the increasing pervasiveness and...

A robust multi-period model is proposed to minimize the energy consumption of IP networks, while guaranteeing the satisfaction of uncertain traffic demands. ...

Despite the growing concern for the energy consumption of the Internet, green strategies for network and traffic management cannot undermine the quality and ...

In this paper we present JNetMan, a new Java framework for rapid development of network management solutions based on SNMP (Simple Network Management Protoco...

In this paper we present a novel experimental platform for network management able to dynamically optimize the energy consumption of backbone IP networks ope...