Task scheduling and load balancing in cloud computing represent challenging NP-hard optimization problems that often result in inefficient resource utilization, elevated energy consumption, and ...

In wireless communication networks, the growing need for data has presented significant issues in the last years. This will continue, with mobile consumers’ needs for Quality of Service (QoS) changing ...

This chapter introduces the reader to firewall load-balancing (FWLB) concepts, technology, and designs. We will talk about motivations behind FWLB solutions, different types of firewalls, and how to ...

It’s easy to forget that embedded Linux can’t do everything for all embedded developers. While it is suitable for some applications with many megabytes of memory and powerful processors, there are a ...