Priority-aware resource management for adaptive service function chaining in real-time intelligent IoT services

P Tam, S Math, S Kim - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) in various mission-critical applications generates
service heterogeneity with different priority labels. A set of virtual network function (VNF) …

Iot ecosystem on exploiting dynamic vnf orchestration and service chaining: Ai to the rescue?

M Emu, S Choudhury - IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An efficient automated virtual network function (VNF) deployment and service function
chaining (SFC) can induce a significant improvement in the overall performance of various …

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 …

Service Function Chain Deployment Using Deep Q Learning and Tidal Mechanism

J Xu, X Cao, Q Duan, S Li - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of software-defined networking/network function virtualization
(NFV) technologies, service function chaining (SFC) has become a key enabler for end-to …

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 …

Towards intelligent provisioning of virtualized network functions in cloud of things: A deep reinforcement learning based approach

B He, J Wang, Q Qi, H Sun… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud of Things (CoT) is an integration of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing,
where Network Function Virtualization (NFV) can dynamically provide Virtualized Network …

Dynamic decomposition of service function chain using a deep reinforcement learning approach

SB Chetty, H Ahmadi, M Tornatore, A Nag - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) universe will continue to expand with the advent of the sixth
generation of mobile networks (6G), which is expected to support applications and services …

A multi-objective service function chain mapping mechanism for IoT networks

C Han, S Xu, S Guo, X Qiu, A Xiong… - … & Mobile Computing …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) promises a significant advantage for IoT operators to
steer substantial customizable service through a sequence of virtual network function (VNF) …

GCN-TD: A learning-based approach for service function chain deployment on the fly

P Pan, Q Fan, S Wang, X Li, J Li… - GLOBECOM 2020-2020 …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) has emerged as a promising paradigm for transforming
network functions from dedicated hardware to software middleboxes, which can …