Wired/wireless networks, and the wider Internet, are in a state of evolution as a new generation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being designed, implemented and deployed. This presents novel challenges for performance modelling in terms of the resultant effect on network traffic patterns and emergent behaviours from the predicted billions of new devices, as they require a rapid expansion in terms of network scale.

Furthermore, recent trends in the increased virtualisation of network elements/resources are being driven by work in the areas of Software Defined Networks (SDN), Network Function Virtualisation (NFV), and Cloud Computing. The move from hardware to software based network devices and processes presents a challenge in terms of understanding and assuring the performance properties of such systems.

The purpose of this symposium is to provide an international forum for researchers and industry practitioners to present state-of-the-art research on performance modelling and evaluation studies in all aspects of computer and telecommunication networks and to exchange ideas and explore new avenues of collaborations.

FiCloud is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society. The Proceedings of FiCloud 2019 has already been accepted in the IEEE Conference Publication Program.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

    Performance modeling of IoT based systems and protocols
    Performance modeling of factors relating to the virtualisation of networks (Software Defined Networks, Network Function Virtualisation, Cloud Computing, etc.)
    Energy model of wireless networks and protocols
    Performance modeling of TCP/IP, wireless TCP, wireless IP computer networks
    Performance modeling and analysis with reliability, accuracy, Quality of Service (QoS) attributes in various software and/or system environments
    Performance prediction and/or performance guarantees in heterogeneous networks.
    Performance-oriented design and analysis methods
    Performance measurements in real testbed environments
    The effect on performance of admission control and congestion control protocols
    Performance modeling of Security Protocol and System in low layers and high layers
    Performance issues in Wireless Video, Wireless Multimedia, Wireless Streaming
    Performance engineering tools, e.g. for tracing and workload characterisation
    Traffic characterisation for wired and wireless networks
    Performance modeling with Quality of Service provisioning in wired and wireless networks
    Performance modeling of Routing Algorithms, multicast routing in wireless networks
    Performance analysis and modeling of security techniques and methods for heterogeneous wired/wireless networks