Feature Papers for Future Internet–Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing Section
A special issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). This special issue belongs to the section "Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 7191
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wireless sensor and actuator networks; middleware for sensor and actuator networks; vehicular sensor networks; edge computing; fog computing; online stream processing of sensing dataflows; IoT and big data processing; pervasive and mobile computing; cooperative networking; cyber physical systems for Industry 4.0
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am happy and honoured to have the opportunity to organize and coordinate this Special Issue entitled “Feature Papers for Future Internet–Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing section”. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Reference architectures and frameworks for virtualized next-generation network infrastructure (NGNI);
- Open networking approaches and toolkits for NGNI;
- End-to-end network function disaggregation and composition (beyond Open RAN, NFV, etc.);
- Network abstractions and open APIs for virtualized NGNI;
- Virtualized networking as part of applications vs. multi-purpose networks (network slicing);
- Virtualization technologies and infrastructures in the cloud continuum;
- QoS/QoE management and orchestration in open virtualized NGNI;
- End-to-end network programming;
- Novel software paradigms for integrated control and management of virtualized networks;
- Quality control and low-latency middleware for control loops based on virtualized cloud continuum resources;
- Private campus and enterprise (e.g., industrial IoT) networks;
- Interworking, interoperability, and interdomain networking of virtualized networked resources;
- Life cycle management and innovative deployment models for virtualized NGNI (CD/CI, DevOps, etc.);
- AI/ML for network automation and optimization (NGNI MLOps);
- Virtualized networking and cloud continuum for distributed AI/ML;
- Scalability and wide-scale performance evaluation of virtualized network infrastructures and applications;
- Lessons learned from real deployment environments and in-the-field optimization experiences;
- Security and identity management in NGNI;
- Resilience and sustainability of NGNI;
- Energy-efficient cloud continuum for networking and widely distributed applications;
- Best practices, open testbeds, and living labs;
- Data centers and infrastructures for fog/edge computing;
- Mobility management in fog/edge computing;
- Distributed and federated machine learning in the fog and on the edge;
- 5G and fog/edge computing;
- Storage and data management platforms for fog/edge;
- Security, privacy, trust and provenance issues in fog/edge computing;
- Distributed consensus and blockchains at the edge and in the fog;
- Modelling and simulation of fog/edge environments;
- Performance monitoring and metering of fog/edge infrastructures.
Theoretical-oriented papers with basic research results and practical deployment cases with experiences learned from technological transfer and large-scale experimentation are both welcome. We look forward to receiving your fresh and innovative contributions!
Prof. Dr. Paolo Bellavista
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- network virtualization
- edge cloud computing
- fog computing
- cloud continuum
- virtualized network functions
- wide-scale deployment and experimentation
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