Recent Publications

• Y. Korbi, M. F. Zhani, and J. Kaippallimalil, “Congestion Control in Wi-Fi Networks—State of the Art, Performance Evaluation, and Key Research Directions,” IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 94 972–94 989, 2024. [PDF, BibTex]

• M. F. Zhani, J. Kaippallimalil, and A. Xiang, “Rethinking Congestion Control for XR Applications and Wireless Environments - Challenges and Key Research Directions,” IEEE ComSoc Technology News (CTN), Aug. 2023. [PDF, BibTex]

• J. Galán-Jiménez, M. F. Zhani, L. J. M. León, and J. Kaippallimalil, “Transport Assistants to Enhance TCP Performance: Analysis of the Packet Delivery Delay,” in IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), 2024. [PDF, BibTex]

• H. Yahyaoui, M. F. Zhani, O. Bouachir, and M. Aloqaily, “On minimizing flow monitoring costs in large-scale software-defined networks,” Wiley International Journal of Network Management (IJNM), p. e2220, 2023. [PDF, BibTex]

• Z. Alomari, M. F. Zhani, M. Aloqaily, and O. Bouachir, “On Ensuring Full Yet Cost-Efficient Survivability of Service Function Chains in NFV Environments,” Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM), Springer, vol. 31, no. 3, apr 2023. [PDF, BibTex]

• Z. Alomari, M. F. Zhani, M. Aloqaily, and O. Bouachir, “Towards optimal synchronization in NFV-based environments,” Wiley International Journal of Network Management (IJNM), vol. 33, no. 1, p. e2218, 2023. [PDF, BibTex]

• M. F. Zhani, R. Boughamoura, H. Yahyaoui, J. Kaippallimalil, and A. Kiani, “Oblivious TCP Support A Virtual Network Function to Speed Up TCP in Wireless Environments,” in IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC), 2022, pp. 75–79. [PDF, BibTex]

• T. Moufakir, M. F. Zhani, A. Gherbi, M. Aloqaily, and N. Ghrada, “SFCaaS: Service function chains as a service in NFV environments,” ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 679–692, 2022. [PDF, BibTex]

• T. Moufakir, M. F. Zhani, A. Gherbi, and O. Bouachir, “Collaborative Multi-domain Routing in SDN Environments,” Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM), Springer, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 1–23, 2022. [PDF, BibTex]

• M. F. Zhani and H. Elbakoury, "FlexNGIA: A Flexible Internet Architecture for the Next-Generation Tactile Internet," Journal of Network and Systems Management, Springer 2020. [PDF, PPT, BibTex]

• A. Clemm, M. F. Zhani, and R. Boutaba, “Network Management 2030: Operations and Control of Network 2030 Services," Journal of Network and Systems Management, Springer, 2020. [PDF, BibTex]

• F. Tashtarian, M. F. Zhani, B. Fatemipour, and D. Yazdani, “CoDeC: A cost-effective and delay-aware SFC deployment," IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 793-806, 2020. [PDF, BibTex]

• H. Yahyaoui and M. F. Zhani, “On Providing Low-cost Flow Monitoring for SDN Networks," in IEEE International Conference On Cloud Networking (CloudNet), Virtual Conference, November 9-11, 2020. [PDF, BibTex]

• Z. Alomari, M. F. Zhani, M. Aloqaily, and O. Bouachir, “On Minimizing Synchronization Cost in NFV-based Environments," in IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Virtual Conference, November 2-6, 2020. [PDF, BibTex]

• H. Yahyaoui, S. Aidi, and M. F. Zhani, “On using flow classification to optimize traffic routing in SDN networks," in IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, USA, January 10-13, 2020.

• S. Aidi, M. F. Zhani, and Y. Elkhatib, “On optimizing backup sharing through efficient VNF migration," in IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (PVE-SDN NetSoft 2019), Paris, France, June 24-28, 2019.

• S. Aidi, M. F. Zhani, and Y. Elkhatib, “On improving service chains survivability through efficient backup provisioning," in IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Rome, Italy, November 5-9, 2018. [PDF, BibTex]

• N. Ghrada, M. F. Zhani, and Y. Elkhatib, "Price and Performance of Cloud-hosted Virtual Network Functions: Analysis and Future Challenges," in IEEE Performance Issues in Virtualized Environments and Software Defined Networking (PVE-SDN NetSoft 2018), Montreal, Canada, June 25-29, 2018. [PDF, BibTex]