Towards an efficient VNF placement in network function virtualization

D Qi, S Shen, G Wang - Computer Communications, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) decouples network function (also called
middlebox function) software from specified appliances onto general shared servers. Thus, it …

A fix-and-optimize approach for efficient and large scale virtual network function placement and chaining

MC Luizelli, WL da Costa Cordeiro, LS Buriol… - Computer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a novel concept that is reshaping the
middlebox arena, shifting network functions (eg firewall, gateways, proxies) from specialized …

Recent advances of resource allocation in network function virtualization

S Yang, F Li, S Trajanovski… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been emerging as an appealing solution that
transforms complex network functions from dedicated hardware implementations to software …

Virtual network function placement for serving weighted services in NFV-Enabled networks

DHP Nguyen, YH Lien, BH Liu, SI Chu… - IEEE Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a novel network architecture yielding many
optimization choices to Internet service providers due to its flexibility. Based on this …

Piecing together the NFV provisioning puzzle: Efficient placement and chaining of virtual network functions

MC Luizelli, LR Bays, LS Buriol… - 2015 IFIP/IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising network architecture concept, in which
virtualization technologies are employed to manage networking functions via software as …

Application of evolutionary mechanism to dynamic virtual network function placement

M Otokura, K Leibnitz, Y Koizumi… - 2016 IEEE 24th …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, communication network services have become increasingly diverse and dynamic.
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an effective technique to deal with these dynamic …

Quality of service provisioning in network function virtualization: a survey

S Mostafavi, V Hakami, M Sanaei - Computing, 2021 - Springer
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising paradigm for network service
provisioning which decouples the network functions from the physical infrastructure …

VNF-P: A model for efficient placement of virtualized network functions

H Moens, F De Turck - 10th international conference on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is an upcoming paradigm where network
functionality is virtualized and split up into multiple building blocks that can be chained …

Coordinated allocation of service function chains

MT Beck, JF Botero - 2015 IEEE global communications …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging initiative to overcome increasing
operational and capital costs faced by network operators due to the need to physically locate …

Joint optimization of service function chaining and resource allocation in network function virtualization

L Wang, Z Lu, X Wen, R Knopp, R Gupta - IEEE Access, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) has already been a new paradigm for network
architectures. By migrating NFs from dedicated hardware to virtualization platform, NFV can …