Siren: A platform for deploying virtual network services in the cloud to Fog continuum
Conference Proceeding
Fawcett, L., Broadbent, M., & Race, N. (2018)
Siren: A platform for deploying virtual network services in the cloud to Fog continuum. In 2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops (WCNCW) (202-207). https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNCW.2018.8368994
The burden put on network infrastructures is changing. The increasing number of connected devices, along with growing demand, are creating an unsustainable future for the Inte...
“Sustainability... it’s just not important.”: The Challenges of Academic Engagement with Diverse Stakeholders
Conference Proceeding
Remy, C., Bates, O. E. G., Thomas, V., & Broadbent, M. H. (2018)
“Sustainability... it’s just not important.”: The Challenges of Academic Engagement with Diverse Stakeholders. In ICT4S2018. 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability (316-331). https://doi.org/10.29007/kln5
Research at the intersection of sustainability and computing often engages with external stakeholders, and those engagements can determine success and impact of the sustainabl...
SDQ: enabling rapid QoE experimentation using Software Defined Networking
Conference Proceeding
Fawcett, L., Mu, M., Broadbent, M., Hart, N., & Race, N. (2017)
SDQ: enabling rapid QoE experimentation using Software Defined Networking. In 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM) (656-659). https://doi.org/10.23919/INM.2017.7987353
The emerging network paradigm of Software Defined Networking (SDN) has been increasingly adopted to improve the Quality of Experiences (QoE) across multiple HTTP adaptive stre...
Combinatorial auction-based resource allocation in the fog
Conference Proceeding
Fawcett, L., Broadbent, M., & Race, N. (2017)
Combinatorial auction-based resource allocation in the fog. In 2016 Fifth European Workshop on Software-Defined Networks (EWSDN) (62-67). https://doi.org/10.1109/EWSDN.2016.16
Network service composition is becoming increasingly flexible, thanks in part to advances in virtualisation and cloud technologies. As these penetrate further into networks, p...
Multi-Platform Application Toolkit
Conference Proceeding
Zwicklbauer, M., Broadbent, M., Dufourd, J., Fuhrhop, C., Miccoli, S., Schiller, F., & Tuominen, V. (2016)
Multi-Platform Application Toolkit. In TVX '16: Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video (135-140). https://doi.org/10.1145/2932206.2933560
This paper presents the current status of the Multi-Platform Application Toolkit, an extensible platform for the simple creation of interactive multi-media applications for co...
A scalable user fairness model for adaptive video streaming over SDN-assisted future networks
Journal Article
Mu, M., Broadbent, M., Farshad, A., Hart, N., Hutchison, D., Ni, Q., & Race, N. (2016)
A scalable user fairness model for adaptive video streaming over SDN-assisted future networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 34(8), 2168-2184. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSAC.2016.2577318
The growing demand for online distribution of high quality and high throughput content is dominating today's Internet infrastructure. This includes both production and user-ge...
Leveraging SDN to provide an in-network QoE measurement framework
Conference Proceeding
Farshad, A., Georgopoulos, P., Broadbent, M., Mu, M., & Race, N. (2015)
Leveraging SDN to provide an in-network QoE measurement framework. In 2015 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS) (239-244). https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOMW.2015.7179391
Online video streaming using HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) is becoming the most popular content delivery mechanism for media services. Network and content providers would like...
Using software defined networking to enhance the delivery of video-on-demand
Journal Article
Georgopoulos, P., Broadbent, M., Farshad, A., Plattner, B., & Race, N. (2015)
Using software defined networking to enhance the delivery of video-on-demand. Computer Communications, 69, 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2015.06.015
High quality online video streaming, both live and on-demand, has become an essential part of many consumers’ lives. The popularity of video streaming, however, places a burde...
OpenCache: A software-defined content caching platform
Conference Proceeding
Broadbent, M., King, D., Baildon, S., Georgalas, N., & Race, N. (2015)
OpenCache: A software-defined content caching platform. In Proceedings of the 2015 1st IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft). https://doi.org/10.1109/NETSOFT.2015.7116129
Network operators recognise that Content Delivery Networks are essential for meeting user Internet application and content demands. The infrastructure must be tightly integrat...
C-BAS: Certificate-based AAA for SDN experimental facilities
Conference Proceeding
Toseef, U., Zaalouk, A., Rothe, T., Broadbent, M., & Pentikousis, K. (2014)
C-BAS: Certificate-based AAA for SDN experimental facilities. In 2014 Third European Workshop on Software Defined Networks (91-96). https://doi.org/10.1109/EWSDN.2014.41
Efficient authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) management mechanisms will be key for the widespread adoption of SDN experimentation facilities beyond the confin...