Computer Networks, Volume 199

Volume 199, November 2021

Research Article

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  Betül Ahat, Ahmet Cihat Baktir, Necati Aras, I. Kuban Altinel, Atay Özgövde, Cem Ersoy:
  Optimal server and service deployment for multi-tier edge cloud computing. 108393

Special section on Deep Reinforcement Learning for Next-Generation IoT Networks

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  Peng Liu, Han He, Tingting Fu, Huijuan Lu, Abdulhameed Alelaiwi, Md. Wasif Islam Wasi:
  Task offloading optimization of cruising UAV with fixed trajectory. 108397

Research Article

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  Eirik Molde Bårli, Anis Yazidi, Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Hårek Haugerud:
  DoS and DDoS mitigation using Variational Autoencoders. 108399
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  Sakshi Popli, Rakesh Kumar Jha, Sanjeev Jain:
  Green NOMA assisted NB-IoT based urban farming in multistory buildings. 108410
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  Shavbo Salehi, Behdis Eslamnour:
  Improving UAV base station energy efficiency for industrial IoT URLLC services by irregular repetition slotted-ALOHA. 108415
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  Malka N. Halgamuge:
  Optimization framework for Best Approver Selection Method (BASM) and Best Tip Selection Method (BTSM) for IOTA tangle network: Blockchain-enabled next generation Industrial IoT. 108418

Special section on Advances in Experimental Wireless Platforms and Systems

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  Manav Kohli, Tingjun Chen, Mahmood Baraani Dastjerdi, Jackson Welles, Ivan Seskar, Harish Krishnaswamy, Gil Zussman:
  Open-access full-duplex wireless in the ORBIT and COSMOS testbeds. 108420

Research Article

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  Hua Qin, Weihong Chen, Weimin Chen, Ni Li, Min Zeng, Yang Peng:
  A collision-aware mobile tag reading algorithm for RFID-based vehicle localization. 108422

Special section on Blockchain Consensus Protocols

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  Moritz Platt, Peter McBurney:
  Sybil attacks on identity-augmented Proof-of-Stake. 108424

Research Article

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  Bin Xiang, Jocelyne Elias, Fabio Martignon, Elisabetta Di Nitto:
  Resource calendaring for Mobile Edge Computing: Centralized and decentralized optimization approaches. 108426
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  Jianchun Liu, Hongli Xu, Yang Xu, Zhenguo Ma, Zhiyuan Wang, Chen Qian, He Huang:
  Communication-efficient asynchronous federated learning in resource-constrained edge computing. 108429

Special section on Blockchain Consensus Protocols

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  Rachel Arnold, Dave Longley:
  Continuity: A deterministic Byzantine fault tolerant asynchronous consensus algorithm. 108431
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  Yong Liu, Guangxia Xu:
  Fixed degree of decentralization DPoS consensus mechanism in blockchain based on adjacency vote and the average fuzziness of vague value. 108432

Review Article

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  Sakshi Popli, Rakesh Kumar Jha, Sanjeev Jain:
  A comprehensive survey on Green ICT with 5G-NB-IoT: Towards sustainable planet. 108433

Survey Article

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  Hasna Fourati, Rihab Maaloul, Lamia Chaari, Mohamed Jmaiel:
  Comprehensive survey on self-organizing cellular network approaches applied to 5G networks. 108435

Research Article

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  Mohammad Alhowaidi, Deepak Nadig, Boyang Hu, Byrav Ramamurthy, Brian Bockelman:
  Cache management for large data transfers and multipath forwarding strategies in Named Data Networking. 108437

Special section on Deep Reinforcement Learning for Next-Generation IoT Networks

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  Dawei Wei, Jianfeng Ma, Linbo Luo, Yunbo Wang, Lei He, Xinghua Li:
  Computation offloading over multi-UAV MEC network: A distributed deep reinforcement learning approach. 108439

Research Article

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  Qingyong Deng, Shaobo Huang, Zhetao Li, Bin Guo, Liyao Xiang, Rong Ran:
  A secure data collection strategy using mobile vehicles joint UAVs in smart city. 108440

Data Article

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  Anu Jagannath, Jithin Jagannath:
  Dataset for modulation classification and signal type classification for multi-task and single task learning. 108441

Research Article

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  Othmane Nait Hamoud, Tayeb Kenaza, Yacine Challal:
  Certificateless Public Key Systems Aggregation: An enabling technique for 5G multi-domain security management and delegation. 108443
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  Oscar Arana, Héctor Benítez-Pérez, Javier Gomez, Miguel López-Guerrero:
  Never Query Alone: A distributed strategy to protect Internet users from DNS fingerprinting attacks. 108445

Special section on Deep Reinforcement Learning for Next-Generation IoT Networks

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  Aakanksha Sharaff, Chandramani Kamal, Siddhartha Porwal, Surbhi Bhatia, Kuljeet Kaur, Mohammad Mehedi Hassan:
  Spam message detection using Danger theory and Krill herd optimization. 108453

Research Article

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  Abdollah Ghaffari Sheshjavani, Ahmad Khonsari, Seyed Pooya Shariatpanahi, Masoumeh Moradian:
  Content caching for shared medium networks under heterogeneous users' behaviors. 108454
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  Xuening Liao, Zhenqiang Wu, Yuanyu Zhang, Xiaohong Jiang:
  Trust-aware buffer-aided relay selection for secure communications in cooperative wireless systems. 108456
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  Mohammad Javad Sadri, Maryam Rajabzadeh Asaar:
  An anonymous two-factor authentication protocol for IoT-based applications. 108460
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  Satish Vemireddy, Rashmi Ranjan Rout:
  Fuzzy Reinforcement Learning for energy efficient task offloading in Vehicular Fog Computing. 108463
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  Sanaz Amanlou, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, Khairul Azmi Abu Bakar:
  Lightweight and secure authentication scheme for IoT network based on publish-subscribe fog computing model. 108465
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  Juncai Liu, Jessie Hui Wang, Chenghao Rong, Yuedong Xu, Tao Yu, Jilong Wang:
  FedPA: An adaptively partial model aggregation strategy in Federated Learning. 108468

Special section on Side-Channel Attacks on Mobile and IoT Devices for Cyber-Physical Systems

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  Francisco Alcaraz Velasco, José Manuel Palomares Muñoz, Joaquín Olivares:
  Lightweight method of shuffling overlapped data-blocks for data integrity and security in WSNs. 108470

Special section on Network Traffic Analytics in the Era of AI and SDN

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  Jin Cheng, Yulei Wu, Yuepeng E, Junling You, Tong Li, Hui Li, Jingguo Ge:
  MATEC: A lightweight neural network for online encrypted traffic classification. 108472

Research Article

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  Samuel Moreira Abreu Araújo, Fernanda Sumika Hojo de Souza, Geraldo R. Mateus:
  A hybrid optimization-Machine Learning approach for the VNF placement and chaining problem. 108474
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  Priyanka Mall, Ruhul Amin, Mohammad S. Obaidat, Kuei-Fang Hsiao:
  CoMSeC++: PUF-based secured light-weight mutual authentication protocol for Drone-enabled WSN. 108476
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  Musa G. Samaila, Carolina Galvão Lopes, Édi Aires, João B. F. Sequeiros, Tiago M. C. Simões, Mário M. Freire, Pedro R. M. Inácio:
  Performance evaluation of the SRE and SBPG components of the IoT hardware platform security advisor framework. 108496