[HTML][HTML] Reinforcement learning-based virtual network embedding: A comprehensive survey

HK Lim, I Ullah, YH Han, SY Kim - ICT Express, 2023 - Elsevier
Virtual network embedding plays a vital role in network virtualization, as it determines the
deployment and connection of virtual networks to the physical network in the 5G and …

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 …

Automatic virtual network embedding based on deep reinforcement learning

Z Yan, J Ge, Y Wu, H Zheng, L Li… - 2019 IEEE 21st …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of virtual network embedding determines the effectiveness and efficiency
of a virtualized network, making it a critical part of the network virtualization technology …

A node probability-based reinforcement learning framework for virtual network embedding

P Zhang, C Wang, GS Aujla… - 2020 IEEE 21st …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
At present, the traditional heuristic method to solve the problem of virtual network
embedding (VNE) is still the mainstream. In the environment of network virtualization (NV), a …

VNE-HRL: A proactive virtual network embedding algorithm based on hierarchical reinforcement learning

J Cheng, Y Wu, Y Lin, E Yuepeng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual network embedding (VNE) that instantiates virtualized networks on a substrate
infrastructure, is one of the key research problems for network virtualization. Most existing …

DeepViNE: Virtual network embedding with deep reinforcement learning

M Dolati, SB Hassanpour, M Ghaderi… - IEEE INFOCOM 2019 …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual Network Embedding (VNE) is a crucial problem in network virtualization. Prior work
on VNE is mainly focused on optimization-based solutions that are carefully constructed and …

InDS: Intelligent DRL Strategy for Effective Virtual Network Embedding of an Online Virtual Network Requests

TGK Kumar, SK Addya, SG Koolagudi - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network virtualization is a demanding feature in the evolution of future Internet architectures.
It enables on-demand virtualized resource provision for heterogeneous Virtual Network …

DeepVNE: Deep Reinforcement and Graph Convolution Fusion for Virtual Network Embedding

KK TG, KB Aneesh, A Siddheshwar… - 2024 16th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network virtualization (NV) plays a crucial role in modern network management. One of the
fundamental challenges in NV is allocating physical network (PN) resources to the demands …

CE-VNE: Constraint escalation virtual network embedding algorithm assisted by graph convolutional networks

P Zhang, Z Luo, N Kumar, M Guizani, H Zhang… - Journal of Network and …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the advent of Industry 5.0, access devices are becoming more and more demanding on
the network. For example, in areas such as financial transactions, drone control and …

Joint admission control and resource allocation of virtual network embedding via hierarchical deep reinforcement learning

T Wang, L Shen, Q Fan, T Xu, T Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As an essential resource management problem in network virtualization, virtual network
embedding (VNE) aims to allocate the finite resources of physical network to sequentially …