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IoT and Smart-City, broadly defined, encompasses current sensors, networking infrastructure, computing and storage elements as well as 5th generation cellular and fiber architectures, new services and cognitive networking paradigms for heterogeneous networks and data analytics. The vast amount of potential data from sensors and mobile devices, the increased traffic demand from end-users, and the ever-increasing

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Welcome to the fourth installment of the IEEE Communications Magazine Series on Network Softwarization and Management. We are very excited to introduce this issue and write this first editorial as a new team of Series Editors. We start by expressing our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the past Series Editors, professors Alex Galis, Kohei Shiomoto (lead Editor), and Mohamed Faten Zhani, who were

While video-on-demand still takes up the lion's share of Internet traffic, we are witnessing a significant increase in the adoption of mobile applications defined by tight bit rate and latency requirements (e.g., augmented/virtual reality). Supporting such applications over a mobile network is very challenging due to the unsteady nature of the network and the long distance between the users and the

Next generation (NextG) cellular networks will be natively cloud-based and built on programmable, virtualized, and disaggregated architectures. The separation of control functions from the hardware fabric and the introduction of standardized control interfaces will enable the definition of custom closed-control loops, which will ultimately enable embedded intelligence and real-time analytics, thus

The evolution of 5G network service ecosystems raises the need for the discovery of services among multiple (edge) clouds with potentially heterogeneous resources and features. Besides 5G service deployment, such a service discovery architecture could provide the means for cross-service communication (CSC), that is, the consumption of a network service (NS) by another NS, empowering the service capabilities

Telecommunication operators are increasingly integrating computational infrastructure into their networks at different location levels, including the network edge. This makes a highly distributed processing environment a reality, which is expected to enable next-generation services. This article proposes a novel and efficient algorithm to determine the best service execution locations through the “service

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The state of the art in designing scalable services relies on microservices with Kubernetes being the de facto platform for deploying them. While the Cloud Native Computing Foundation has standardized and improved several features in Kubernetes, one of the challenges remaining is that using multiple clouds simultaneously and dynamically, for example, in a hybrid-cloud setting, is not possible. We address

As the number of blockchain (BC) platforms providing specific features increases, selecting a platform that fits all requirements needed for a specific case becomes a cumbersome task. For example, not only are BCs' technical details relevant, but also their intrinsic characteristics (e.g., cryptocurrency price) must be considered in selecting a BC for a given case. Hence, the management of data stored

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In 2021, as optical technologies continue to demonstrate their advantages in telecom and data-center networks, we are also witnessing the attractive and promising progress on free-space optical communications and new technologies for fiber optic communications. Therefore, in this last issue of the Optical Communications and Networks Series in 2021, we have selected three contributions that address

Free-space optical (FSO) systems are able to offer the high data-rate, secure, and cost-efficient communication links required for applications such as wireless front- and backhauling for 5G and 6G communication networks. Despite the substantial advancement of FSO systems over the past decades, the requirement of a line-of-sight connection between transmitter and receiver remains a key limiting factor

This article introduces four multipath routing, core, and spectrum assignment algorithms, all of which employ image processing techniques for fast identification of allocable slots, since this is less computationally complex and adequate for real-time operation. Numerical results show that multipath routing can decrease the probability of blocking by one order of magnitude in relation to its single-path

Achieving higher spectral efficiency is an efficient approach to address the bandwidth crisis of optical networks, but it faces significant technical challenges. High-spectral-efficiency non-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (NOFDM) has been proposed for meeting the requirement of optical networks' capacity upgrade. Compared to orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, NOFDM can achieve

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a physical information system developed based on traditional industrial control networks. As one of the most critical infrastructure systems, IIoT is also a preferred target for adversaries engaged in advanced persistent threats (APTs). To address this issue, we explore a deep-learning-based proactive APT detection scheme in IIoT. In this scheme, considering

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5G networks provide novel features that have generated huge expectations. Therefore, implementation and validation become crucial. In order to achieve this, the following concepts are important: first, to have a technical insight on the 5G technology and to understand better its advantages; second, to understand the specific needs and requirements of the use cases; and third, to know from an implementation

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The ongoing surge in applications of robotics brings both opportunities and challenges for the fifth-generation (5G) and beyond (B5G) of communication networks. This article focuses on 5G/B5G-enabled terrestrial robotic communications with an emphasis on distinct characteristics of such communications. First, signal and spatial modeling for robotic communications are presented. To elaborate further

Various visions of the forthcoming sixth generation (6G) networks point toward flexible connect-and-compute technologies to support future innovative services and the corresponding use cases. 6G should be able to accommodate ever evolving and heterogeneous applications, future regulations, and diverse user-, service-, and location-based requirements. A key element toward building smart and energy sustainable

To reap its full benefits, 5G must evolve into a scalable decentralized architecture by exploiting intelligence ubiquitously and securely across different technologies, network layers, and segments. In this article, we propose end-to-end and ubiquitous secure machine learning (ML)-powered intent-based networking (IBN). The IBN framework is aware of its state and context to autonomously take proactive

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IoT/Smart City is a new paradigm and not merely a linear extension of the past Internet. It provides basic services as well as innovative services that can enrich human life. However, the security challenges will be huge due to the large number of deployed devices, open interfaces and possibilities of insider attacks. Currently, there is inadequate consideration of the security aspect of the Smart

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The term Internet Neutrality was coined at the beginning of this century [1]–[3]. It means that all Internet traffic be treated equally without differentiation and regardless of its origin, destination, and content. Regulating the Internet to mandate neutrality became the subject of a global debate. This debate is focused on traffic differentiation practices. It involves users' access rights, the rights

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In late 2019, a new virus was discovered, namely SARS-CoV-2. This strain causes severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, defined as COVID-19. The disease soon spread all over the world, thus becoming a pandemic. It has been almost two years since worldwide restrictions on our lives started, and the traditional way people live and work has completely changed.

The COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide up to December 2020, caused over 1.7 million deaths, and put the world's most advanced healthcare systems under heavy stress. In many countries, drastic restrictive measures adopted by political authorities, such as national lockdowns, have not prevented the outbreak of the new pandemic's waves. In this article, we propose an integrated detection-estimation-forecasting

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Digital contact tracing has emerged as a viable tool supplementing manual contact tracing. To date, more than 100 contact tracing applications have been published to slow down the spread of highly contagious Covid-19. Despite subtle variabilities among these applications, all of them achieve contact tracing by manipulating the following three components: use of a personal device to identify the user

Researchers have proposed solutions to limit the spreading of the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide. Systems capable of guaranteeing compliance with the minimum distance between people have been considered important to prevent the diffusion of the virus. In this article, we describe one system that can be used to keep distancing among persons moving in public spaces. It is based on the integration of computer

The COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly raised the need for technological solutions able to trace contacts of people and provide location-based analytics. Several countries have adopted proximity-based (short-range) technologies, such as Bluetooth, which, however, appear to be hindered by deployment issues, security leakage, lack of reliability, and data governance concerns. This article posits that 5G

The outbreak of coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) has imposed a worldwide lockdown, changing the way people live and work, and pressuring the healthcare systems in many countries. Contact tracing based on smartphone apps (app-based contact tracing) has emerged as a possible solution to trace contagions and enforce more sustainable and selective quarantines. However, these apps require a very high adoption

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One of the most exciting aspects of mobile networks is their continuing expansion into new application domains, which is made possible by incorporating upfront technologies, by evolving toward new architectures and making available new cutting-edge features. This issue of the Mobile Communications and Networks Series offers a collection of interesting contributions on different subjects: security aspects

The impact of localization systems in our daily lives is increasing. As next-generation networks will introduce hyper-connectivity with emerging applications, this impact will undoubtedly further increase, proliferating the importance of location information's reliability. As society becomes more dependent on this information in terms of products and services, security solutions will have to be enriched

A 5G communication system can support the demanding quality of service (QoS) requirements of many advanced vehicle-to-everything (V2X) use cases. However, safe and efficient driving, especially of automated vehicles, may be affected by sudden changes of the provided QoS. For that reason, the prediction of QoS changes and early notification of these predicted changes to vehicles recently have been enabled

The retail industry is facing an inevitable transformation worldwide, which is accelerating with the current pandemic situation. Indeed, consumer habits are shifting from brick-and-mortar stores to online shopping. The bottleneck in the online shopping experience remains efficient and fast delivery to consumers. In this context, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology is seen as a potential solution

Many machine learning (ML) techniques suffer from the drawback that their output (e.g., a classification decision) is not clearly and intuitively connected to their input (e.g., an image). To cope with this issue, several explainable ML techniques have been proposed to, for example, identify which pixels of an input image had the strongest influence on its classification. However, in distributed scenarios

The Design and Implementation of Devices, Circuits, and Systems Series solicits original articles that cover a broad range of topics in telecommunication devices, circuits and systems advances and developments. The Series welcomes contributions from different industrial sectors that cover virtually any types of communication systems and application areas. Prospective authors interested in submitting

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The fifth generation (5G) aims to connect massive amounts of devices with higher reliability, lower latency, and faster transmission speed, which are vital for implementing e-health systems. However, the current efforts on 5G e-health systems are still not enough to accomplish its full blueprint. In this article, we first discuss the related technologies from the physical layer, upper layer, and cross-layer

Telecom companies are increasing their efforts in customer retention because acquiring new customers often costs much more than retaining existing ones. Therefore, it is important for operators to predict customer churns rapidly and accurately. Machine learning (ML) has been widely used for predictive churn modeling. However, classical ML methods require manual feature selection and time-consuming

The fifth-generation (5G) network is a fast-growing technology that impacts personal devices for both society and the economy. With the widespread Internet of Things (IoT) devices in such networks, powering and exploring energy to operate them is vital in the 5G era. Therefore, projecting and forecasting how to power IoT devices in the 5G network have already begun, with an aspiration to provide self-powered

The Internet of Bio-nano Things is a significant development for next generation communication technologies. Because conventional wireless communication technologies face challenges in realizing new applications (e.g., in-body area networks for health monitoring) and necessitate the substitution of information carriers, researchers have shifted their interest to molecular communications (MC). Although

This article discusses an Ultra-Reliable Low-La-tency Communication (URLLC) implementation on a 5G New Radio (NR) virtual radio access Network (vRAN). The vRAN application runs on a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) test platform, on which 3GPP 5G NR RAN Layer-1 (L1) and Layer-2 (L2) containerized network functions (CNFs) are implemented. To demonstrate capability and scalability, the CNFs are dimensioned

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