• Delay-Aware Scheduling and Resource Optimization with Network Function Virtualization 

      Qu, Long; Assi, Chadi; Shaban, Khaled ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      To accelerate the implementation of network functions/middle boxes and reduce the deployment cost, recently, the concept of network function virtualization (NFV) has emerged and become a topic of much interest attracting ...
    • Flexible advance reservation models for virtual network scheduling 

      Bai, H.; Gu, F.; Shaban, K.; Crichigno, J.; Khan, S.; ... more authors ( IEEE Computer Society , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      Advance reservation services allows users to pre-reserve network resources at future instants in time. These offerings are already being used by a wide range of applications in scientific/grid computing, datacenter backup, ...
    • Long-Term Power Procurement Scheduling Method for Smart-Grid Powered Communication Systems 

      Ben Ghorbel M.; Hamdaoui B.; Guizani M.; Mohamed A. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Article)
      With the emergence of smart grids, adopting dynamic energy pricing models has become both possible and desirable. With such a pricing dynamicity, great savings in energy costs can be achieved in telecommunication systems ...
    • Virtual network advance reservation 

      Bai, H.; Gu, F.; Crichigno, J.; Khan, S.; Ghani, N.; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      Network virtualization provides a promising means of hosting multiple client infrastructures over a physical substrate. Now one of the key concerns here is how to map virtual network requests onto physical nodes and links, ...