Embedding dependence-aware service function chains

M Jalalitabar, E Guler, D Zheng, G Luo… - Journal of Optical …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) provides an effective way to decouple network
functions from the proprietary hardware, allowing the network providers to implement …

Dependence-aware service function chain design and mapping

M Jalalitabar, E Guler, G Luo, L Tian… - … 2017-2017 IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technology decouples network
functions from the proprietary hardware, which allows the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) …

Service function graph design and mapping for NFV with priority dependence

M Jalalitabar, G Luo, C Kong… - 2016 IEEE Global …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) explores the virtualization technologies to offer
Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) through connected virtual network functions. The network …

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 chain graph design and mapping in NFV-enabled networks

Y He, X Zhang, Z Xia, Y Liu, K Sood, S Yu - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging approach to serve diverse
demands of network services by decoupling network functions and dedicated network …

Dependence-aware service function chain embedding in optical networks

D Zheng, E Guler, C Peng, G Luo… - ICC 2019-2019 IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technology decouples network functions from
proprietary hardware equipments. As a result, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) implement …

Software-defined network function virtualization: A survey

Y Li, M Chen - IEEE Access, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Diverse proprietary network appliances increase both the capital and operational expense
of service providers, meanwhile causing problems of network ossification. Network function …

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 …

Sfc-ho: Reliable layered service function chaining

X Chen, J Zhou, S Wei - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) utilizes IT virtualization technology to realize the
functions of various network devices and realize the decoupling of hardware and software …

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 …