Computer Networks, Volume 204

Volume 204, February 2022

Special section on Blockchain Consensus Protocols

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  Roberto Saltini:
  BigFooT: A robust optimal-latency BFT blockchain consensus protocol with dynamic validator membership. 108632

Research Article

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  Chen Griner, Stefan Schmid, Chen Avin:
  CacheNet: Leveraging the principle of locality in reconfigurable network design. 108648

Special section on Enabling Blockchain and Federated Learning for Smart Services in Beyond 5G/6G Networks

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  Yichen Wan, Youyang Qu, Longxiang Gao, Yong Xiang:
  Privacy-preserving blockchain-enabled federated learning for B5G-Driven edge computing. 108671

Research Article

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  Mian Guo, Qirui Li, Zhiping Peng, Xiushan Liu, Delong Cui:
  Energy harvesting computation offloading game towards minimizing delay for mobile edge computing. 108678

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

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  Ola Salman, Imad H. Elhajj, Ali Chehab, Ayman I. Kayssi:
  Towards efficient real-time traffic classifier: A confidence measure with ensemble Deep Learning. 108684

Research Article

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  Vidyadhar Jinnappa Aski, Vijaypal Singh Dhaka, Sunil Kumar, Sahil Verma, Danda B. Rawat:
  Advances on networked ehealth information access and sharing: Status, challenges and prospects. 108687

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

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  Jian Wang, Hongchang Ke, Xuejie Liu, Hui Wang:
  Optimization for computational offloading in multi-access edge computing: A deep reinforcement learning scheme. 108690

Special section on Enabling Blockchain and Federated Learning for Smart Services in Beyond 5G/6G Networks

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  Zain Abubaker, Nadeem Javaid, Ahmad Almogren, Mariam Akbar, Mansour Zuair, Jalel Ben-Othman:
  Blockchained service provisioning and malicious node detection via federated learning in scalable Internet of Sensor Things networks. 108691
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  Valerian Rey, Pedro Miguel Sánchez Sánchez, Alberto Huertas Celdrán, Gérôme Bovet:
  Federated learning for malware detection in IoT devices. 108693

Research Article

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  Binanda Sengupta:
  VALNET: Privacy-preserving multi-path validation. 108695
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  Nguyen Van Dien, Nguyen V. Tuan, Mai T. Phuong Le, Nguyen V. Hieu, Vuong Q. Phuoc, Nguyen Q. N. Quynh, Nguyen Tan Hung:
  Tolerance of SCM Nyquist and OFDM signals for heterogeneous fiber-optic and millimeter-wave mobile backhaul links under the effect of power amplifier saturation induced clipping. 108697
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  Khizar Hameed, Saurabh Garg, Muhammad Bilal Amin, Byeong Kang:
  Towards a formal modelling, analysis and verification of a clone node attack detection scheme in the internet of things. 108702

Special section on Blockchain Based Sustainable, Secure Healthcare Systems

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  Muhammad Asaad Cheema, Rafay Iqbal Ansari, Nouman Ashraf, Syed Ali Hassan, Hassaan Khaliq Qureshi, Ali Kashif Bashir, Christos Politis:
  Blockchain-based secure delivery of medical supplies using drones. 108706

Research Article

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  Anan Zhou, Benshun Yi, Laigan Luo:
  Tree-structured data placement scheme with cluster-aided top-down transmission in erasure-coded distributed storage systems. 108714
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  Zheng Wu, Yu-ning Dong, Xiaohui Qiu, Jiong Jin:
  Online multimedia traffic classification from the QoS perspective using deep learning. 108716

Software Article

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  Zied Aouini, Adrián Pekár:
  NFStream: A flexible network data analysis framework. 108719

Research Article

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  Kechen Zheng, Haijiang Ge, Kaikai Chi, Xiaoying Liu:
  Energy provision minimization of energy-harvesting cognitive radio networks with minimal throughput demands. 108721
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  Lifan Mei, Jinrui Gou, Yujin Cai, Houwei Cao, Yong Liu:
  Realtime mobile bandwidth and handoff predictions in 4G/5G networks. 108736