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To support the growing demand for data-intensive and low-latency IoT applications, Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) is emerging as an effective edge-computing approach enabling the execution of delay-sensitive processing tasks close to…

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Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is a 5G-enabling solution that aims to bring cloud-computing capabilities closer to the end-users. This paper focuses on mitigation techniques against Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks in the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-11 Marian Gusatu , Ruxandra F. Olimid

The Internet of Things (IoT) has recently advanced from an experimental technology to what will become the backbone of future customer value for both product and service sector businesses. This underscores the cardinal role of IoT on the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-01-29 Pawani Porambage , Jude Okwuibe , Madhusanka Liyanage , Mika Ylianttila , Tarik Taleb

Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), an enhancement of 5G, processes data closer to its generation point, reducing latency and network load. However, the distributed and edge-based nature of 5G-MEC presents privacy and security challenges,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Thilina Pathirana , Ruxandra F. Olimid

Two enablers of the 5th Generation (5G) of mobile communication systems are the high data rates achievable with millimeter-wave radio signals and the cloudification of the network's mobile edge, made possible also by Multi-access Edge…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-29 Nicola di Pietro , Mattia Merluzzi , Emilio Calvanese Strinati , Sergio Barbarossa

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) emerges as an essential part of the upcoming Fifth Generation (5G) and future beyond-5G mobile communication systems. It adds computational power towards the edge of cellular networks, much closer to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Bin Han , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Yihua Xu , Di Feng , Hans D. Schotten

Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) will enable context-aware services for users of mobile 4G/5G networks. MEC application developers need tools to aid the design and the performance evaluation of their apps. During the early stages of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-03-28 Alessandro Noferi , Giovanni Nardini , Giovanni Stea , Antonio Virdis

Mobile networks are becoming energy hungry, and this trend is expected to continue due to a surge in communication and computation demand. Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), will entail energy-consuming services and applications, with…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Neda Shalavi , Giovanni Perin , Andrea Zanella , Michele Rossi

Communication and computation services supporting Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) are characterized by stringent requirements, in terms of response time and reliability. Fulfilling these requirements is crucial for ensuring road…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Wendlasida Ouedraogo , Andrea Araldo , Badii Jouaber , Hind Castel , Remy Grunblatt

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a new computing paradigm that enables cloud computing and information technology (IT) services to be delivered at the network's edge. By shifting the load of cloud computing to individual local servers, MEC…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-04 Cheng Wang , Zenghui Yuan , Pan Zhou , Zichuan Xu , Ruixuan Li , Dapeng Oliver Wu

Collision avoidance is one of the most promising applications for vehicular networks, dramatically improving the safety of the vehicles that support it. In this paper, we investigate how it can be extended to benefit vulnerable users, e.g.,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-07 Marco Malinverno , Giuseppe Avino , Claudio Casetti , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini , Francesco Malandrino , Salvatore Scarpina

Augmented reality (AR) has drawn great attention in recent years. However, current AR devices have drawbacks, e.g., weak computation ability and large power consumption. To solve the problem, mobile edge computing (MEC) can be introduced as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-04 Yue Wang , Tao Yu , Kei Sakaguchi

Mobile edge computing (MEC) enhances the performance of 5G networks by enabling low-latency, high-speed services through deploying data units of the base station on edge servers located near mobile users. However, determining the optimal…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Yunyi Wu , Yongbing Zhang

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled communication networks are promising in the fifth and beyond wireless communication systems. In this paper, we shed light on three UAV-enabled mobile edge computing (MEC) architectures. Those…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-24 Fuhui Zhou , Rose Qingyang Hu , Zan Li , Yuhao Wang

IoT and edge computing are profoundly changing the information era, bringing a hyper-connected and context-aware computing environment to reality. Connected vehicles are a critical outcome of this synergy, allowing for the seamless…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-29 Angelo Feraudo , Alessando Calvio , Armir Bujari , Paolo Bellavista

Network virtualization and SDN-based routing allow carriers to flexibly configure their networks in response to demand and unexpected network disruptions. However, cellular networks, by nature, pose some unique challenges because of user…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-04-03 Russell Ford , Ashwin Sridharan , Robert Margolies , Rittwik Jana , Sundeep Rangan

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is a promising paradigm to accommodate the increasingly prosperous delay-sensitive and computation-intensive applications in 5G systems. To achieve optimum computation performance in a dynamic MEC environment,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-08 Xian Li , Liang Huang , Hui Wang , Suzhi Bi , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

The sixth-generation (6G) network will shift its focus to supporting everything including various machine-type devices (MTDs) in an everyone-centric manner. To ubiquitously cover the MTDs working in rural and disastrous areas, satellite…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-17 Yueshan Lin , Wei Feng , Ting Zhou , Yanmin Wang , Yunfei Chen , Ning Ge , Cheng-Xiang Wang

Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is a type of network architecture that provides cloud computing capabilities at the edge of the network. We consider the use case of video surveillance for an university campus running on a 5G-MEC…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Ricardo N. Boing , Hugo Vaz Sampaio , Fernando Koch , Rene N. S. Cruz , Carlos B. Westphall

5G technology enhances industries with high-speed, reliable, low-latency communication, revolutionizing mobile broadband and supporting massive IoT connectivity. With the increasing complexity of applications on User Equipment (UE),…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Alireza Ebrahimi , Fatemeh Afghah