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In this paper, we investigate an important research problem facing the upcoming satellite Internet: from a network perspective, how many satellites exactly do we need to construct a survivable and performant LSN? To answer this question, we…
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The vulnerability of networks to targeted attacks is an issue of widespread interest for policymakers, military strategists, network engineers and systems biologists alike. Current approaches to circumvent targeted attacks seek to increase…
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In the past few decades, optical transport networks (OTNs) have undergone significant evolution, from the earliest wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) OTNs to elastic optical networks (EONs) and later to space-division multiplexing (SDM)…
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Long-term evolution (LTE) and LTE-advance (LTE-A) are widely used efficient network technologies serving billions of users, since they are featured with high spectrum efficiency, less latency, and higher bandwidth. Despite remarkable…
While the network traffic has seen exponential increase, the revenues have not maintained the same pace. New methods have to be explored to reduce this gap between traffic and revenue. One such method is convergence in networking layers. In…
In order to deal with the recent rapid increase in Internet traffic, a transmission technology is required to enable the efficient use of the optical fiber spectrum while offering flexibility in network bandwidth. To meet these challenges,…
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Freight consolidation has significant potential to reduce transportation costs and mitigate congestion and pollution. An effective load consolidation plan relies on carefully chosen consolidation points to ensure alignment with existing…
In this paper, we study resource allocation algorithm design for secure multi-user downlink ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC). To enhance physical layer security (PLS), the base station (BS) is equipped with multiple antennas…
This paper studies strategies to optimize the lane configuration of a transportation network for a given set of Origin-Destination demands using a planning macroscopic network flow model. The lane reversal problem is, in general, NP-hard…
State-of-the-art Internet traffic engineering uses source-based explicit routing via MPLS or Segment Routing. Though widely adopted in practice, source routing can face certain inefficiencies and operational issues, caused by its use of…
To demonstrate the result of researches in laboratory with the focus in exhibiting the real impact of the use of the technology MPLS in LAN. Through these researches we will verify that the investment in this technology is shown, of the…
As deploying large amounts of monitoring equipment results in elevated cost and power consumption, novel low-cost monitoring methods are being continuously investigated. A new technique called Power Profile Monitoring (PPM) has recently…
Survivability is mission-critical for elastic optical networks (EONs) as they are expected to carry an enormous amount of data. In this paper, we consider the problem of designing shared backup path protection (SBPP) based EON that…
Reducing energy consumption is crucial to reduce the human debt's with regard to our planet. Therefore most companies try to reduce their energetic consumption while taking care to preserve the service delivered to their customers. To do…