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In modern distributed cloud environments, efficient resource allocation is required as traditional scaling mechanisms are often subject to cloud thrashing due to network-induced latencies. In this paper, we propose C-SAS (Complex-Stability…
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A sophisticated and efficient network slicing architecture is needed to support the orchestration of network slices across multiple administrative domains. Such multi-domain architecture shall be agnostic of the underlying virtualization…
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