Resource allocation is a significant task in the emerging area of Internet of Things (IoT). IoT
devices are usually low-cost devices with limited computational power and capabilities for …

It is well known that virtual network (VN) embedding (VNE) aims to solve how to efficiently
allocate physical resources to a VN. However, this issue has been proved to be an NP‐hard …

Network function virtualization is a promising technique for telecom providers to efficiently
manage network services at low cost. However, existing works mainly focus on resource …

Network function virtualization (NFV) enables flexible deployment of virtual network function
(VNF) in 5G mobile communication network. Due to the inherent dynamics of network flows …

In future wireless networks, network functions virtualization lays the foundations for
establishing a new dynamic resource management framework to efficiently utilize network …

The issue of virtual network (VN) embedding constitutes an important aspect of network
virtualization, which is considered to be one of the most crucial techniques to overcome the …

Network virtualization provides a promising way to overcome Internet ossification. A major
challenge is virtual network mapping, ie, how to embed multiple virtual network requests …

Network function virtualization redefines a network service as a softwarized chain of virtual
network functions (VNFs), which decouples the specific network service from dedicated …

Virtualizing and sharing networked resources have become a growing trend that reshapes
the computing and networking architectures. Embedding multiple virtual networks (VNs) on …

The high time needed to reconfigure cloud resources in Network Function Virtualization
network environments has led to the proposal of solutions in which a prediction based …