Computer Communications, Volume 169

Volume 169, March 2021

Regular Articles

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  Jincheng Zhong, Shuhui Chen:
  Efficient multi-category packet classification using TCAM. 1-10

Special Issue on Smart Green Computing for Wireless Sensor Networks

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  Chetna Singhal, Vinayak Patil:
  HCR-WSN: Hybrid MIMO cognitive radio system for wireless sensor network. 11-25

Special Issue on Envisage Enabling Next Generation Technologies: 6G

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  Shasha Zhao, Yingying Feng, Gan Yu:
  D2D communication channel allocation and resource optimization in 5G network based on game theory. 26-32

Special Issue on Industrial Communication Networks in Smart Factory 4.0

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  Devarpita Sinha, Rajarshi Roy:
  Optimal scheduling for maximizing information freshness and system performance in industrial cyber-physical systems. 33-47

Regular Articles

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  Xincheng Chen, Yuchen Zhou, Long Yang, Lu Lv:
  Hybrid fog/cloud computing resource allocation: Joint consideration of limited communication resources and user credibility. 48-58
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  Sangrez Khan, Ahmad Naseem Alvi, Muhammad Awais Javed, Safdar H. Bouk:
  An enhanced superframe structure of IEEE 802.15.4 standard for adaptive data requirement. 59-70

Special Issue on Secure Artificial Intelligence in Mobile Edge Computing

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  Mahdi Abbasi, Ehsan Mohammadi Pasand, Mohammad Reza Khosravi:
  Intelligent workload allocation in IoT-Fog-cloud architecture towards mobile edge computing. 71-80

Regular Articles

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  Abdurrashid Ibrahim Sanka, Mehdi Hasan Chowdhury, Ray C. C. Cheung:
  Efficient High-Performance FPGA-Redis Hybrid NoSQL Caching System for Blockchain Scalability. 81-91
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  Igor Meireles de Araújo, Carlos Natalino, Diego Lisboa Cardoso:
  A GPU-assisted NFV framework for intrusion detection system. 92-98

Special Isssue on Survivability of Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks

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  Soumya Banerjee, Basudeb Bera, Ashok Kumar Das, Samiran Chattopadhyay, Muhammad Khurram Khan, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues:
  Private blockchain-envisioned multi-authority CP-ABE-based user access control scheme in IIoT. 99-113

Special Issue on Data Driven Discovery of Cyber Physical Systems

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  Gurjot Singh Gaba, Gulshan Kumar, Tai-Hoon Kim, Himanshu Monga, Pardeep Kumar:
  Secure Device-to-Device communications for 5G enabled Internet of Things applications. 114-128

Special Issue on Intelligent Resource Management in Mobile Edge Computing for IIoT Applications

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  Partha Pratim Ray, Neeraj Kumar:
  SDN/NFV architectures for edge-cloud oriented IoT: A systematic review. 129-153

Regular Articles

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  Ahmad Mansour, Khalid Mahmood Malik, Niko Kaso:
  AMOUN: Asymmetric lightweight cryptographic scheme for wireless group communication. 154-167

Special Issue on Network Intelligence

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  Jiachen Zu, Guyu Hu, Jiajie Yan, Siqi Tang:
  A community detection based approach for Service Function Chain online placement in data center network. 168-178

Regular Articles

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  Abdurrashid Ibrahim Sanka, Muhammad Irfan, Ian Huang, Ray C. C. Cheung:
  A survey of breakthrough in blockchain technology: Adoptions, applications, challenges and future research. 179-201

Special Issue on Scalable and Secure Platforms for UAV networks

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  Shumayla Yaqoob, Ata Ullah, Muhammad Awais, Iyad A. Katib, Aiiad Albeshri, Rashid Mehmood, Mohsin Raza, Saif ul Islam, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues:
  Novel congestion avoidance scheme for Internet of Drones. 202-210

Special Issue on Optimization of Cross-layer Collaborative Resource Allocation for Mobile Edge Computing, Caching and Communication

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  Aniello Castiglione, Michele Nappi, Fabio Narducci, Chiara Pero:
  Fostering secure cross-layer collaborative communications by means of covert channels in MEC environments. 211-219

Regular Articles

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  Shivang Aggarwal, Moinak Ghoshal, Piyali Banerjee, Dimitrios Koutsonikolas:
  An experimental study of the performance of IEEE 802.11ad in smartphones. 220-231

Special Issue on Artificially Intelligent Green Communication Networks for 5G and Beyond

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  Marcin Hoffmann, Pawel Kryszkiewicz, Adrian Kliks:
  Increasing energy efficiency of Massive-MIMO network via base stations switching using reinforcement learning and radio environment maps. 232-242

Special Issue on Emerging Services in the Next-Generation Web: Human Meets Artificial Intelligence

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  Bin Zhang, Yanglan Fu, Jing Li, Zhou Ye:
  The prediction model for residence based on reliability in social network. 243-249