Building multi-domain service function chains based on multiple NFV orchestrators

A Huff, G Venâncio, VF Garcia… - 2020 IEEE Conference …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service Function Chains (SFCs) are compositions of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)
designed to provide complex network services. In this work, we propose a strategy to build …

Dynamic network service deployment across multiple SDN domains

C Zhang, X Wang, A Dong, Y Zhao… - Transactions on …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization
(NFV) is a promising approach to support flexible service deployment and provisioning. In …

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 …

Network function virtualization and service function chaining frameworks: A comprehensive review of requirements, objectives, implementations, and open research …

HU Adoga, DP Pezaros - Future Internet, 2022 - mdpi.com
Network slicing has become a fundamental property for next-generation networks,
especially because an inherent part of 5G standardisation is the ability for service providers …

DAG-SFC: Minimize the embedding cost of SFC with parallel VNFs

X Lin, D Guo, Y Shen, G Tang, B Ren - Proceedings of the 47th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology, which enables service
agility, flexibility and cost reduction by replacing traditional hardware middleboxes with …

Context-aware service function chaining and its cost-effective orchestration in multi-domain networks

G Li, H Zhou, B Feng, G Li - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emergence of software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization
(NFV) facilitates policy-driven and dynamic service function chaining (SFC). In recent years …

Drl-deploy: adaptive service function chains deployment with deep reinforcement learning

X Wei, Y Sheng, L Li, C Zhou - 2021 IEEE Intl Conf on Parallel …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the development of software-defined networking (SDN) and network function
virtualization (NFV), the service function chain (SFC) has become a popular paradigm for …

Multi-domain non-cooperative VNF-FG embedding: A deep reinforcement learning approach

QTA Pham, A Bradai, KD Singh… - INFOCOM 2019-IEEE …, 2019 - hal.science
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and service orchestration simplify the deployment and
management of network and telecommunication services. The deployment of these services …

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) …

Unlocking Reconfigurability for Deep Reinforcement Learning in SFC Provisioning

MA Onsu, P Lohan, B Kantarci… - IEEE Networking …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a key foundational technology for 5G and beyond
networks, wherein to offer network services, execution of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) …