Efficient provision of service function chains in overlay networks using reinforcement learning

G Li, H Zhou, B Feng, Y Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
technologies facilitate deploying Service Function Chains (SFCs) at clouds in efficiency and …

Optimal resource allocation in sdn/nfv-enabled networks via deep reinforcement learning

J Su, S Nair, L Popokh - 2022 IEEE Ninth International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) are two
emerging paradigms that enable the feasible and scalable deployment of Virtual Network …

[HTML][HTML] Edge intelligence for service function chain deployment in NFV-enabled networks

MA Khoshkholghi, T Mahmoodi - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
With evolution of network function virtualization (NFV), network services can be provided as
service function chains (SCs), each consisting of multiple virtual network functions (VNFs) …

Environment-adaptive sizing and placement of NFV service chains with accelerated reinforcement learning

M Nakanoya, Y Sato… - 2019 IFIP/IEEE symposium …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As network function virtualization spread, network service providers have been able to
deliver various networks flexibly and rapidly. In particular, products and services that build …

Leveraging deep reinforcement learning with attention mechanism for virtual network function placement and routing

N He, S Yang, F Li, S Trajanovski, L Zhu… - … on Parallel and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The efficacy of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) depends critically on (1) where the
virtual network functions (VNFs) are placed and (2) how the traffic is routed. Unfortunately …

Service function chain embedding meets machine learning: Deep reinforcement learning approach

Y Liu, J Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Network and Service …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the emerge of the network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined network
(SDN), the SDN/NFV-enabled network has been recognized as one of the most promising …

Resource aware chaining and adaptive capacity scaling for service function chains in distributed cloud network

J Zu, G Hu, Y Wu, D Shao, J Yan - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the development of network technology such as software-defined network (SDN) and
network function virtualization (NFV), Internet service providers (ISPs) are increasingly …

Scalable orchestration of service function chains in NFV-enabled networks: A federated reinforcement learning approach

H Huang, C Zeng, Y Zhao, G Min, Y Zhu… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is critical to the scalability and flexibility of various
network services in the form of service function chains (SFCs), which refer to a set of Virtual …

A reinforcement learning approach for virtual network function chaining and sharing in softwarized networks

G KIbalya, J Serrat-Fernández… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cognizant of the ease with which softwarized functions can be dynamically scaled according
to real time resource requirements, and the fact that multiple services can have common …

NFVdeep: Adaptive online service function chain deployment with deep reinforcement learning

Y Xiao, Q Zhang, F Liu, J Wang, M Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
With the evolution of network function virtualization (NFV), diverse network services can be
flexibly offered as service function chains (SFCs) consisted of different virtual network …