Jaime Ortiz Córdoba, Alejandro Molina Zarca^*, Antonio Skármeta

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.2, pp. 2307-2333, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.039607

Abstract 5G/Beyond 5G (B5G) networks provide connectivity to many heterogeneous devices, raising significant security and operational issues and making traditional infrastructure management increasingly complex. In this regard, new frameworks such as Anastacia-H2020 or INSPIRE-5GPlus automate the management of next-generation infrastructures, especially regarding policy-based security, abstraction, flexibility, and extensibility. This paper presents the design, workflow, and implementation of a security solution based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), able to extend 5G/B5G security framework capabilities with UAV features like dynamic service provisioning in specific geographic areas. The proposed solution allows enforcing UAV security policies in proactive and reactive ways to automate UAV dynamic… More >

Duan Xue^1,2, Yan Guo^1,*, Ning Li¹, Xiaoxiang Song¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.1, pp. 609-631, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035177

Abstract The traditional multi-access edge computing (MEC) capacity is overwhelmed by the increasing demand for vehicles, leading to acute degradation in task offloading performance. There is a tremendous number of resource-rich and idle mobile connected vehicles (CVs) in the traffic network, and vehicles are created as opportunistic ad-hoc edge clouds to alleviate the resource limitation of MEC by providing opportunistic computing services. On this basis, a novel scalable system framework is proposed in this paper for computation task offloading in opportunistic CV-assisted MEC. In this framework, opportunistic ad-hoc edge cloud and fixed edge cloud cooperate to form a novel hybrid cloud.… More >

Adil Khan^1,*, Jinling Zhang¹, Shabeer Ahmad¹, Saifullah Memon², Babar Hayat¹, Ahsan Rafiq³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 4685-4702, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.034892

Abstract The main aim of future mobile networks is to provide secure, reliable, intelligent, and seamless connectivity. It also enables mobile network operators to ensure their customer’s a better quality of service (QoS). Nowadays, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are a significant part of the mobile network due to their continuously growing use in various applications. For better coverage, cost-effective, and seamless service connectivity and provisioning, UAVs have emerged as the best choice for telco operators. UAVs can be used as flying base stations, edge servers, and relay nodes in mobile networks. On the other side, Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) technology also… More >