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Technological Educational Institute of Chalkida, Greece   Lei Shu, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, China Anargyros Sideris, University of the Aegean, Greece Mamadou Sidibe, Viotech Communications, France Dimitrios N Skoutas, University of the Aegean, Greece Dimitrios Stratakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Georgios Triantafyllidis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Manolis Tsiknakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Kostas Vassilakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Nikolas Vidakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Demosthenes Vouyioukas, University of the Aegean, Greece George Xilouris, NCSR Demokritos, Greece Nikos Zotos, University of Aegean, Greece Table of Contents Preface xviii Acknowledgment xxvi Section Introduction and Applications of Mobile Cloud Computing Chapter Mobile Cloud Computing: An Introduction Jyoti Grover, Global Institute of Technology, India Gaurav Kheterpal, Metacube Software Private Limited, India Chapter The Technical Debt in Cloud Software Engineering: A Prediction-Based and Quantification Approach 24 Georgios Skourletopoulos, Scientia Consulting S.A., Greece Rami Bahsoon, University of Birmingham, UK Constandinos X Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus George Mastorakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Chapter Anomaly Detection in Cloud Environments 43 Angelos K Marnerides, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Section Mobile Cloud Resource Management Chapter Mobile Cloud Resource Management 69 Konstantinos Katzis, European University Cyprus, Cyprus   Chapter A Social-Oriented Mobile Cloud Scheme for Optimal Energy Conservation 97 Constandinos X Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus George Mastorakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete – Agios Nikolaos, Greece Athina Bourdena, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Evangelos Pallis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete – Heraklion, Greece Dimitrios Stratakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete – Heraklion, Greece Emmanouil Perakakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete – Agios Nikolaos, Greece Ioannis Kopanakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete – Agios Nikolaos, Greece Stelios Papadakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete – Agios Nikolaos, Greece Zaharias D Zaharis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Christos Skeberis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Thomas D Xenos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Chapter Traffic Analyses and Measurements: Technological Dependability 122 Rossitza Goleva, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria Dimitar Atamian, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria Seferin Mirtchev, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria Desislava Dimitrova, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Lubina Grigorova, Vivacom JSCO, Bulgaria Rosen Rangelov, Lufthansa Technik-Sofia, Bulgaria Aneliya Ivanova, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria Section Content-Aware Streaming in Mobile Cloud Chapter Adaptation of Cloud Resources and Media Streaming in Mobile Cloud Networks for Media Delivery 175 Jordi Mongay Batalla, National Institute of Telecommunications, Poland & Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Chapter Context-Awareness in Opportunistic Mobile Cloud Computing 203 Radu-Corneliu Marin, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania Radu-Ioan Ciobanu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania Radu Pasea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania Vlad Barosan, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania Mihail Costea, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania Ciprian Dobre, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania  Chapter H.265 Video Streaming in Mobile Cloud Networks 238 Qi Wang, University of the West of Scotland, UK James Nightingale, University of the West of Scotland, UK Jose M Alcaraz-Calero, University of the West of Scotland, UK Chunbo Luo, University of the West of Scotland, UK Zeeshan Pervez, University of the West of Scotland, UK Xinheng Wang, University of the West of Scotland, UK Christos Grecos, University of the West of Scotland, UK Section Network and Service Virtualization Chapter 10 Virtualization Evolution: From IT Infrastructure Abstraction of Cloud Computing to Virtualization of Network Functions 279 Harilaos Koumaras, NCSR Demokritos, Greece Christos Damaskos, NCSR Demokritos, Greece George Diakoumakos, NCSR Demokritos, Greece Michail-Alexandros Kourtis, NCSR Demokritos, Greece George Xilouris, NCSR Demokritos, Greece Georgios Gardikis, NCSR Demokritos, Greece Vaios Koumaras, NCSR Demokritos, Greece Thomas Siakoulis, NCSR Demokritos, Greece Chapter 11 Towards Ubiquitous and Adaptive Web-Based Multimedia Communications via the Cloud 307 Spyros Panagiotakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Ioannis Vakintis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Haroula Andrioti, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Andreas Stamoulias, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Kostas Kapetanakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Athanasios Malamos, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Chapter 12 A Resource Prediction Engine for Efficient Multimedia Services Provision 361 Yiannos Kryftis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus George Mastorakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Constandinos X Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Jordi Mongay Batalla, National Institute of Telecommunications, Poland & Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Athina Bourdena, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Evangelos Pallis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece ... challenges for mobile cloud computing in the area of resource management focusing on both parts of the infrastructure: mobile devices and cloud networks Starting with introducing mobile cloud computing, ... Section Mobile Cloud Resource Management This section examines the various types of resource management techniques that are available for the mobile clouds, such as resource offloading, mobile cloud. .. importance of resource management in the operation of mobile cloud services presenting various types of resources available for cloud computing Furthermore, it examines the various types of resource management