Resource-aware service function chain deployment in cloud-edge environment

H Li, X Li, Z Qian, X Qin - IEEE INFOCOM 2021-IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the development of network technology, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) provides
a good paradigm of sharing network resources, aiming to transfer network functions from …

5GUK Exchange: Towards sustainable end-to-end multi-domain orchestration of softwarized 5G networks

N Uniyal, AS Muqaddas, D Gkounis, A Bravalheri… - Computer Networks, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 5G networks envisage to support a range of vertical industries, circumventing any
potential barriers from converging various network technologies and administrative …

A parallel placement approach for service function chain using deep reinforcement learning

H Chai, J Zhang, Z Wang, J Shi… - 2019 IEEE 5th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) enables service flexibility and cost reduction by
replacing traditional hardware middle-boxes with Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) running …

On orchestrating service function chains in 5G mobile network

D Zhao, J Ren, R Lin, S Xu, V Chang - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As two of the key technologies of 5G, fog-based radio access network and network function
virtualization have become an important direction for the radio network architecture …

PRSFC-IoT: A performance and resource aware orchestration system of service function chaining for Internet of Things

J Wang, H Qi, K Li, X Zhou - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, service function chaining (SFC) becomes more and more widespread and
profound to implement flexible and economical virtual network infrastructures for the Internet …

An experimental study of security for service function chaining

VC Nguyen, AV Vu, K Sun, Y Kim - 2017 Ninth International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, service function chaining (SFC) has been developed besides software-
defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV), which open new …

A multi-stage graph aided algorithm for distributed service function chain provisioning across multiple domains

G Kibalya, J Serrat-Fernandez, JL Gorricho… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Service Providers (NSPs) envisage to support the divergent and stringent
requirements of future services by instantiating these services as service chains, commonly …

An efficient traffic steering for cloud-native service function chaining

B Dab, I Fajjari, M Rohon, C Auboin… - 2020 23rd conference …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G stakeholders make every effort to efficiently handle the unprecedented services and
traffic demand. Particularly, Telco operators aim to deploy a cost effective network services …

Constructing service function chain test database: An optimal modeling approach for coordinated resource allocation

H Li, L Wang, X Wen, Z Lu, L Ma - IEEE Access, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) has become an emerging issue in both academia and
industry. By outsourcing network functions from dedicated hardware to virtualization …

On Scalable Service Function Chaining with Flowtable Entries

Y Ren, TM Huang, KCJ Lin… - IEEE INFOCOM 2018 …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emergence of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) enables flexible and agile service
function chaining in a Software Defined Network (SDN). While this virtualization technology …