Service function chain orchestration across multiple domains: A full mesh aggregation approach

G Sun, Y Li, D Liao, V Chang - IEEE Transactions on Network …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Generally, a service request must specify its required virtual network functions (VNFs) and
their specific order, which is known as the service function chain (SFC). When mapping …

GDM: A general distributed method for cross-domain service function chain embedding

Y Liu, H Zhang, D Chang, H Hu - IEEE Transactions on Network …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging technologies such as network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined
networking (SDN) provide a promising way to implement service function chain (SFC), a …

A mechanism for configurable network service chaining and its implementation

G Xiong, Y Hu, J Lan, G Cheng - KSII Transactions on Internet and …, 2016 - koreascience.kr
Abstract Recently Service Function Chaining (SFC) is promising to innovate the network
service mode in modern networks. However, a feasible implementation of SFC is still difficult …

Cloud-native service function chaining for 5G based on network service mesh

B Dab, I Fajjari, M Rohon, C Auboin… - ICC 2020-2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G will provide a flexible and programmable infrastructure, allowing different networks to
share the same access network. A way to respond to the diverse service requirements of 5G …

FlexChain: Bridging parallelism and placement for service function chains

S Xie, J Ma, J Zhao - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A Service Function Chain (SFC) is an ordered sequence of network functions (NFs). With the
emerging Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm, NFs can be deployed as …

Joint energy efficient and QoS-aware path allocation and VNF placement for service function chaining

MM Tajiki, S Salsano, L Chiaraviglio… - … on Network and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service function chaining (SFC) allows the forwarding of traffic flows along a chain of virtual
network functions (VNFs). Software defined networking (SDN) solutions can be used to …

Energy-efficient and traffic-aware service function chaining orchestration in multi-domain networks

G Sun, Y Li, H Yu, AV Vasilakos, X Du… - Future Generation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Service function chaining (SFC) provisioning is helpful not only for saving the
capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational expenditure (OPEX) of a network provider but …

Service chaining for hybrid network function

H Huang, S Guo, J Wu, J Li - IEEE Transactions on Cloud …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the Service-Function-Chaining (SFC) enabled networks, various sophisticated policy-
aware network functions, such as intrusion detection, access control and unified threat …

Low-latency and resource-efficient service function chaining orchestration in network function virtualization

G Sun, Z Xu, H Yu, X Chen, V Chang… - IEEE Internet of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, network function virtualization (NFV) has been proposed to solve the dilemma
faced by traditional networks and to improve network performance through hardware and …

On dynamic service function chain deployment and readjustment

J Liu, W Lu, F Zhou, P Lu, Z Zhu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology to decouple the network
functions from dedicated hardware elements, leading to the significant cost reduction in …