Combining deep reinforcement learning with graph neural networks for optimal VNF placement

P Sun, J Lan, J Li, Z Guo, Y Hu - IEEE Communications Letters, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… learning technology Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), the VNF placement problem …
VNF placement policies can be denoted as Ψ = {ψ1,ψ2,..., }. Our goal is to find a VNF placement

Optimal VNF placement via deep reinforcement learning in SDN/NFV-enabled networks

J Pei, P Hong, M Pan, J Liu… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… In this paper, we study the VNF placement problem in SDN/NFV-enabled networks, which is
deep reinforcement learning, we propose a Double Deep Q Networkbased VNF Placement

Energy-efficient and interference-aware vnf placement with deep reinforcement learning

Y Mu, L Wang, J Zhao - 2021 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… technique for VNF placement and name it DDAP (Deep Deterministic Automatic Placement),
… In Section II, we review some of the related work on VNF placement DRL in NFV. Then we …

Dynamic resource aware VNF placement with deep reinforcement learning for 5G networks

A Dalgkitsis, PV Mekikis… - … 2020-2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… As a Baseline, we consider an algorithm that rejects any VNF placement request to a MEC,
if the given node has reached 90% of its total utilization capacity, at any given metric. The …

A deep reinforcement learning approach for VNF forwarding graph embedding

PTA Quang, Y Hadjadj-Aoul… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… In this paper, we explore the potential of reinforcement learning techniques for the placement
of VNF-FGs. However, it turns out that even the most well-known learning technique is …

Online fault-tolerant VNF chain placement: A deep reinforcement learning approach

W Mao, L Wang, J Zhao, Y Xu - 2020 IFIP Networking …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… of the network state, we propose a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based online SFC
placement method named DDQP (Double Deep Q-networks Placement). Meanwhile, VNFs are …

Virtual network function placement optimization with deep reinforcement learning

R Solozabal, J Ceberio, A Sanchoyerto… - IEEE Journal on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… In this work, we solve the VNF-FGE problem by means of a Reinforcement Learning approach
to model a placement policy in a Network Function Virtualization infrastructure. For that …

End-to-end performance-based autonomous VNF placement with adopted reinforcement learning

M Bunyakitanon, X Vasilakos… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… This work applies an adaptive, online, deep reinforcement learning approach along with a
serialization-and-backtracking method and a policy gradient based method to handle SFCs …

Deep reinforcement learning approaches to network slice scaling and placement: A survey

N Saha, M Zangooei, M Golkarifard… - IEEE Communications …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… by deciding the resource allocation and placement of each VNF in the slice. The scaling …
VNF to create and how much resources to allocate to each instance, while the placement step …

Deep reinforcement learning for demand-aware joint VNF placement-and-routing

S Wang, T Lv - 2019 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… function (VNF) placement-and-routing (P&R) is particularly difficult. To this end, we propose
a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based approach for solving the joint VNF P&R problem …