Congestion-aware and energy-aware virtual network embedding

M Pham, DB Hoang, Z Chaczko - IEEE/ACM Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network virtualization is an inherent component of future internet architectures. Network
resources are virtualized from the underlying substrate and elastically provisioned and …

Leveraging deep reinforcement learning with attention mechanism for virtual network function placement and routing

N He, S Yang, F Li, S Trajanovski, L Zhu… - … on Parallel and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The efficacy of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) depends critically on (1) where the
virtual network functions (VNFs) are placed and (2) how the traffic is routed. Unfortunately …

Automatic virtual network embedding: A deep reinforcement learning approach with graph convolutional networks

Z Yan, J Ge, Y Wu, L Li, T Li - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual network embedding arranges virtual network services onto substrate network
components. The performance of embedding algorithms determines the effectiveness and …

Bidirectional mission offloading for agile space-air-ground integrated networks

S Zhou, G Wang, S Zhang, Z Niu… - IEEE Wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
SAGIN provides great strength in extending the capability of ground wireless networks. On
the other hand, with rich spectrum and computing resources, ground networks can also …

QoS satisfaction aware and network reconfiguration enabled resource allocation for virtual network embedding in fiber-wireless access network

P Han, Y Liu, L Guo - Computer Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
Network virtualization emerges as a revolutionary transformation for network operation
pattern, which potentially benefits Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) access network by overcoming the …

Priority-awareness VNF migration method based on deep reinforcement learning

H Qu, K Wang, J Zhao - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
By decoupling the software function on hardware devices, Network Function Virtualization
(NFV) provides a new service architecture named Service Function Chain (SFC), which …

VCG auction-based approach for efficient Virtual Network embedding

A Jarray, A Karmouch - 2013 IFIP/IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, our focus is on the embedding problem which consists on the mapping of
Virtual Network (VN) resources onto physical network. In literature, number of approaches …

Performance evaluation of artificial intelligence algorithms for virtual network embedding

XL Chang, XM Mi, JK Muppala - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2013 - Elsevier
Network virtualization is not only regarded as a promising technology to create an
ecosystem for cloud computing applications, but also considered a promising technology for …

Pricing utility-based virtual networks

T Ghazar, N Samaan - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new pricing mechanism for virtual network (VN) services to regulate
the demand for their shared substrate network (SN) resources. The contributions of this …

A survey of embedding algorithm for virtual network embedding

H Cao, S Wu, Y Hu, Y Liu, L Yang - China Communications, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network virtualization (NV) is pushed forward by its proponents as a crucial attribute of next
generation network, aiming at overcoming the gradual ossification of current networks …