Computer Networks, Volume 224

Volume 224, April 2023

Special Issue on Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Internet of Things, 5G, and Beyond

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  Sree Krishna Das, Fatma Benkhelifa, Yao Sun, Hanaa Abumarshoud, Qammer H. Abbasi, Muhammad Ali Imran, Lina S. Mohjazi:
  Comprehensive review on ML-based RIS-enhanced IoT systems: basics, research progress and future challenges. 109581

Research Articles

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  Mohammed Laroui, Hatem Ibn-Khedher, Hassine Moungla, Hossam Afifi:
  Service Function Chains multi-resource orchestration in Virtual Mobile Edge Computing. 109582
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  Kun-Li Shi, Fei Wang:
  Joint task processing/offloading mode selection and resource-allocation for backscatter-aided and wireless-powered MEC. 109584
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  Xue Chen, Shiyuan Xu, Yibo Cao, Yunhua He, Ke Xiao:
  AQRS: Anti-quantum ring signature scheme for secure epidemic control with blockchain. 109595
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  Valerio Luconi, Alessio Vecchio:
  Impact of the first months of war on routing and latency in Ukraine. 109596

Review Article

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  Mao Li, Wei Liu, Jing Lei:
  A review on orthogonal time-frequency space modulation: State-of-art, hotspots and challenges. 109597

Research Articles

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  Fatemeh Pirmoradian, Masoumeh Safkhani, Seyed Mohammad Dakhilalian:
  ECCPWS: An ECC-based protocol for WBAN systems. 109598

Review Article

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  Rami Ahmad, Matti Hämäläinen, Raniyah Wazirali, Tarik Abu-Ain:
  Digital-care in next generation networks: Requirements and future directions. 109599

Research Articles

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  Menglun Zhou, Yifeng Zheng, Songlei Wang, Zhongyun Hua, Hejiao Huang, Yansong Gao, Xiaohua Jia:
  PPTA: A location privacy-preserving and flexible task assignment service for spatial crowdsourcing. 109600

Special Issue on Pub/sub Solutions for Interoperable and Dynamic IoT Systems

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  Edoardo Longo, Alessandro E. C. Redondi:
  Design and implementation of an advanced MQTT broker for distributed pub/sub scenarios. 109601

Research Articles

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  Wenbin Zhu, Xiuli Ma, Yanliang Jin, Rui Wang:
  ILETC: Incremental learning for encrypted traffic classification using generative replay and exemplar. 109602
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  Mekala Ratna Raju, Sai Krishna Mothku:
  Delay and energy aware task scheduling mechanism for fog-enabled IoT applications: A reinforcement learning approach. 109603
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  Tongtong Jiang, Guowei Shen, Chun Guo, Yunhe Cui, Bo Xie:
  BFLS: Blockchain and Federated Learning for sharing threat detection models as Cyber Threat Intelligence. 109604

Survey Article

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  Yasir Ali, Habib Ullah Khan:
  A Survey on harnessing the Applications of Mobile Computing in Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions. 109605

Special Issue on Selected papers from IFIP Networking Conference 2022

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  Christoph Gärtner, Amr Rizk, Boris Koldehofe, René Guillaume, Ralf Kundel, Ralf Steinmetz:
  Fast incremental reconfiguration of dynamic time-sensitive networks at runtime. 109606
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  Cha Hwan Song, Xin Zhe Khooi, Dinil Mon Divakaran, Mun Choon Chan:
  DySO: Enhancing application offload efficiency on programmable switches. 109607
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  Ye Chen, Yingxu Lai, Zhaoyi Zhang, Hanmei Li, Yuhang Wang:
  MDFD: A multi-source data fusion detection framework for Sybil attack detection in VANETs. 109608
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  Philipp Brühn, Mirja Kühlewind, Maciej Muehleisen:
  Performance and improvements of TCP CUBIC in low-delay cellular networks. 109609
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  Kfir Toledo, David Breitgand, Dean H. Lorenz, Isaac Keslassy:
  CloudPilot: Flow acceleration in the cloud. 109610

Research Articles

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  Bahador Bakhshi, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Jorge Baranda:
  Multi-provider NFV network service delegation via average reward reinforcement learning. 109611
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  SungJin Yu, JoonYoung Lee, Anil Kumar Sutrala, Ashok Kumar Das, Youngho Park:
  LAKA-UAV: Lightweight authentication and key agreement scheme for cloud-assisted Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using blockchain in flying ad-hoc networks. 109612
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  Zulong Diao, Gaogang Xie, Xin Wang, Rui Ren, Xuying Meng, Guangxing Zhang, Kun Xie, Mingyu Qiao:
  EC-GCN: A encrypted traffic classification framework based on multi-scale graph convolution networks. 109614
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  Ying Huang, Lang Li, Ying Guo, Yu Ou, Xiantong Huang:
  An efficient differential analysis method based on deep learning. 109622
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  Edgar Arribas, Vincenzo Mancuso, Vicent Cholvi:
  Optimizing fairness in cellular networks with mobile drone relays. 109623
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  Ali Aghasi, Kamal Jamshidi, Ali Bohlooli, Bahman Javadi:
  A decentralized adaptation of model-free Q-learning for thermal-aware energy-efficient virtual machine placement in cloud data centers. 109624
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  Azeddine Attir, Farid Naït-Abdesselam, Kamel Mohamed Faraoun:
  Lightweight anonymous and mutual authentication scheme for wireless body area networks. 109625

Survey Article

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  Yassine Mekdad, Ahmet Aris, Leonardo Babun, Abdeslam El Fergougui, Mauro Conti, Riccardo Lazzeretti, A. Selcuk Uluagac:
  A survey on security and privacy issues of UAVs. 109626

Research Articles

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  Jiayi Liu, Wenbin Yao, Chen Wang, Qinghai Yang:
  Provisioning network slice for mobile content delivery in uncertain MEC environment. 109629
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  Bao Peng, Zhi Yao, Xin Liu, Guofu Zhou:
  Deep Q-learning multiple networks based dynamic spectrum access with energy harvesting for green cognitive radio network. 109630
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  Jiachao Yu, Chao Zhai, Yujun Li, Lina Zheng:
  Cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access with D2D communication and opportunistic relaying in large-scale cellular networks. 109631

Survey Article

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  Priyanka Bothra, Raja Karmakar, Sanjukta Bhattacharya, Sayantani De:
  How can applications of blockchain and artificial intelligence improve performance of Internet of Things? - A survey. 109634

Research Articles

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  Hengwei Zhang, Yan Mi, Xiaohu Liu, Yuchen Zhang, Jindong Wang, Jinglei Tan:
  A differential game approach for real-time security defense decision in scale-free networks. 109635
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  Kairi Tokuda, Takehiro Sato, Eiji Oki:
  Network slice reconfiguration with deep reinforcement learning under variable number of service function chains. 109636
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  Zhenni Feng, Sijia Yu, Yanmin Zhu:
  Towards personalized privacy preference aware data trading: A contract theory based approach. 109637
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  Muhammad Arslan Akram, Hira Ahmad, Adnan Noor Mian, Anca Delia Jurcut, Saru Kumari:
  Blockchain-based privacy-preserving authentication protocol for UAV networks. 109638
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  Saloua Brahmi, Mohand Yazid:
  Towards a Fair Allocation and Effective Utilization of Resource Units in Multi-User WLANs-based OFDMA technology. 109639