Krishnan Muthumayil^1,*, Thangaiyan Jayasankar², Nagappan Krishnaraj³, Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar⁴, Prakash Nattanmai Balasubramanian⁵, Chokkalingam Bharatiraja⁶

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.27, No.3, pp. 771-784, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.012462 - 01 March 2021

Abstract Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSN) provides valuable information for scalar data, images, audio, and video processing in monitoring and surveillance applications. Multimedia streaming, however, is highly challenging for networks as energy restriction sensor nodes limit the potential data transmission bandwidth and lead to reduced throughput. WMSN’s two key design challenges, which can be achieved by the clustering process, are energy efficiency and throughput maximization. The use of the clustering technique helps to organise the sensor nodes into clusters, and between each cluster a cluster head (CH) will be chosen. This paper introduces a new Artificial… More >

Maryam Shafiq¹, Humaira Ashraf¹, Ata Ullah², Mehedi Masud³, Muhammad Azeem², N. Z. Jhanjhi^4,*, Mamoona Humayun⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.3, pp. 3505-3521, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015533 - 01 March 2021

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining attention because of its broad applicability, especially by integrating smart devices for massive communication during sensing tasks. IoT-assisted Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are suitable for various applications like industrial monitoring, agriculture, and transportation. In this regard, routing is challenging to find an efficient path using smart devices for transmitting the packets towards big data repositories while ensuring efficient energy utilization. This paper presents the Robust Cluster Based Routing Protocol (RCBRP) to identify the routing paths where less energy is consumed to enhances the network lifespan. The scheme is… More >

Adil Mushtaq¹, Muhammad Nadeem Majeed¹, Farhan Aadil², Muhammad Fahad Khan², Sangsoon Lim^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.3, pp. 3795-3814, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015369 - 01 March 2021

Abstract Body Area Networks (BODYNETs) or Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN), being an important type of ad-hoc network, plays a vital role in multimedia, safety, and traffic management applications. In BODYNETs, rapid topology changes occur due to high node mobility, which affects the scalability of the network. Node clustering is one mechanism among many others, which is used to overcome this issue in BODYNETs. There are many clustering algorithms used in this domain to overcome this issue. However, these algorithms generate a large number of Cluster Heads (CHs), which results in scarce resource utilization and degraded… More >

Ishtiaq Wahid¹, Fasee Ullah^2,*, Masood Ahmad¹, Atif Khan³, M. Irfan Uddin⁴, Abdullah Alharbi⁵, Wael Alosaimi⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.3, pp. 3949-3965, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014190 - 01 March 2021

Abstract In vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), the topology information (TI) is updated frequently due to vehicle mobility. These frequent changes in topology increase the topology maintenance overhead. To reduce the control message overhead, cluster-based routing schemes are proposed. In cluster-based routing schemes, the nodes are divided into different virtual groups, and each group (logical node) is considered a cluster. The topology changes are accommodated within each cluster, and broadcasting TI to the whole VANET is not required. The cluster head (CH) is responsible for managing the communication of a node with other nodes outside the… More >

Yonghua Huo¹, Yi Cao², Zhihao Wang¹, Yu Yan³, Zhongdi Ge³, Yang Yang^3,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.126, No.3, pp. 1053-1091, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.013045 - 19 February 2021

Abstract In recent years, with the continuous development of information technology and the rapid growth of network scale, network monitoring and management become more and more important. Network traffic is an important part of network state. In order to ensure the normal operation of the network, improve the availability of the network, find network faults in time and deal with network attacks; it is necessary to detect the abnormal traffic in the network. Abnormal traffic detection is of great significance in the actual network management. Therefore, in order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of network… More >

Yong Xiao¹, Xin Jin¹, Jingfeng Yang², Yanhua Shen^3,*, Quansheng Guan⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.126, No.3, pp. 1293-1313, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.012562 - 19 February 2021

Abstract User-transformer relations are significant to electric power marketing, power supply safety, and line loss calculations. To get accurate user-transformer relations, this paper proposes an identification method for user-transformer relations based on improved quantum particle swarm optimization (QPSO) and Fuzzy C-Means Clustering. The main idea is: as energy meters at different transformer areas exhibit different zero-crossing shift features, we classify the zero-crossing shift data from energy meters through Fuzzy C-Means Clustering and compare it with that at the transformer end to identify user-transformer relations. The proposed method contributes in three main ways. First, based on the… More >

Wei Tan¹, Mingxiu Xu¹, Siqi Xie¹, Yan Zhang¹, Shuai Wu¹, Qinyan Zou¹, Qifeng Zhao², Qingliang Li^3,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.90, No.2, pp. 553-570, 2021, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2021.014082 - 07 February 2021

Abstract To understand the anthocyanin characteristics of wine grape varieties, the anthocyanin composition and content of 31 wine grape varieties were analyzed to explore the use of anthocyanins as chemical fingerprints to distinguish varieties. Results showed that a total of 21 anthocyanins were detected in the skins, including cyanidin, delphinidin, petunidin, peonidin and malvidin 3-monoglucosides (or 3,5-diglucosides) along with the corresponding acetyl and p-coumaroyl derivatives. The highest and lowest total amount of anthocyanins were detected in ‘Ruby Cabernet’ and ‘Muscat Rouge’, respectively. In the 21 Vitis vinifera grapes, there were 3~11 monoglucoside anthocyanins detected, however, there… More >

Masood Ahmad¹, Abdul Hameed², Fasee Ullah^3,*, Ishtiaq Wahid¹, Atif Khan⁴, M. Irfan Uddin⁵, Shafiq Ahmad⁶, Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny⁶

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 1353-1368, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014237 - 05 February 2021

Abstract Clustering algorithms optimization can minimize topology maintenance overhead in large scale vehicular Ad hoc networks (VANETs) for smart transportation that results from dynamic topology, limited resources and non-centralized architecture. The performance of a clustering algorithm varies with the underlying mobility model to address the topology maintenance overhead issue in VANETs for smart transportation. To design a robust clustering algorithm, careful attention must be paid to components like mobility models and performance objectives. A clustering algorithm may not perform well with every mobility pattern. Therefore, we propose a supervisory protocol (SP) that observes the mobility pattern… More >

A. Muthumari¹, J. Banumathi², S. Rajasekaran³, P. Vijayakarthik⁴, K. Shankar⁵, Irina V. Pustokhina⁶, Denis A. Pustokhin^7,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 1863-1879, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.013614 - 05 February 2021

Abstract Cloud computing offers internet location-based affordable, scalable, and independent services. Cloud computing is a promising and a cost-effective approach that supports big data analytics and advanced applications in the event of forced business continuity events, for instance, pandemic situations. To handle massive information, clusters of servers are required to assist the equipment which enables streamlining the widespread quantity of data, with elevated velocity and modified configurations. Data deduplication model enables cloud users to efficiently manage their cloud storage space by getting rid of redundant data stored in the server. Data deduplication also saves network bandwidth.… More >

Jehad Ali, Byeong-hee Roh^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.1, pp. 849-875, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014576 - 12 January 2021

Abstract The controller is indispensable in software-defined networking (SDN). With several features, controllers monitor the network and respond promptly to dynamic changes. Their performance affects the quality-of-service (QoS) in SDN. Every controller supports a set of features. However, the support of the features may be more prominent in one controller. Moreover, a single controller leads to performance, single-point-of-failure (SPOF), and scalability problems. To overcome this, a controller with an optimum feature set must be available for SDN. Furthermore, a cluster of optimum feature set controllers will overcome an SPOF and improve the QoS in SDN. Herein,… More >