Multiagent reinforcement-learning-aided service function chain deployment for internet of things

Y Zhu, H Yao, T Mai, W He, N Zhang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, the compelling applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) bring unexpected
economic benefits to our daily lives. But at the same time, it also poses huge challenges to …

Scalable orchestration of service function chains in NFV-enabled networks: A federated reinforcement learning approach

H Huang, C Zeng, Y Zhao, G Min, Y Zhu… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is critical to the scalability and flexibility of various
network services in the form of service function chains (SFCs), which refer to a set of Virtual …

Intelligent VNF orchestration and flow scheduling via model-assisted deep reinforcement learning

L Gu, D Zeng, W Li, S Guo… - IEEE Journal on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hosting virtualized network functions (VNF) has been regarded as an effective way to realize
network function virtualization (NFV). Considering the cost diversity in cloud computing, from …

Towards autonomous VNF auto-scaling using deep reinforcement learning

P Soto, D De Vleeschauwer, M Camelo… - … on Software Defined …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is one of the main enablers behind the promised
improvements in the Fifth Generation (5G) networking era. Thanks to this concept, Network …

Dynamic service function chain embedding for NFV-enabled IoT: A deep reinforcement learning approach

X Fu, FR Yu, J Wang, Q Qi, J Liao - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of things (IoT) is becoming more and more flexible and economical with the
advancement in information and communication technologies. However, IoT networks will …

Dynamic service function chain orchestration for NFV/MEC-enabled IoT networks: A deep reinforcement learning approach

Y Liu, H Lu, X Li, Y Zhang, L Xi… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) and mobile-edge computing (MEC) have been
introduced by Internet service providers (ISPs) to deal with various challenges, which hinder …

[HTML][HTML] Edge intelligence for service function chain deployment in NFV-enabled networks

MA Khoshkholghi, T Mahmoodi - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
With evolution of network function virtualization (NFV), network services can be provided as
service function chains (SCs), each consisting of multiple virtual network functions (VNFs) …

Service function chain embedding for NFV-enabled IoT based on deep reinforcement learning

X Fu, FR Yu, J Wang, Q Qi, J Liao - IEEE Communications …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is challenging to efficiently manage different resources in the IoT. Recently, Network
function virtualization has attracted attention because of its prospect to achieve efficient …

NFVdeep: Adaptive online service function chain deployment with deep reinforcement learning

Y Xiao, Q Zhang, F Liu, J Wang, M Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
With the evolution of network function virtualization (NFV), diverse network services can be
flexibly offered as service function chains (SFCs) consisted of different virtual network …

Graph neural network based service function chaining for automatic network control

DN Heo, S Lange, HG Kim… - 2020 21st Asia-Pacific …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-defined networking (SDN) and the network function virtualization (NFV) led to great
developments in software based control technology by decreasing expenditures. Service …