A network intelligence architecture for efficient vnf lifecycle management

S Lange, N Van Tu, SY Jeong, DY Lee… - … on Network and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network softwarization paradigms such as SDN and NFV provide network operators with
advantages in terms of scalability, cost and resource efficiency, as well as flexibility …

Intent-driven Closed-Loop Control and Management Framework for 6G Open RAN

J Zhang, C Yang, R Dong, Y Wang… - IEEE Internet of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Future mobile networks should provide on-demand services for various industries and
applications with the stringent guarantees of quality of experience (QoE), which highly …

Experimental validation of compute and network resource abstraction and allocation mechanisms within an NFV infrastructure

R Martínez, L Vettori, J Baranda… - 2021 IFIP/IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G supported capabilities (eg, slicing) enable accommodating heterogeneous vertical
services having their own requirements over a common cloud and transport infrastructure. In …

Proactive VNF scaling and placement in 5G O-RAN using ML

K Ali, M Jammal - IEEE Transactions on Network and Service …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G networks are expected to support various services and applications with more stringent
latency, reliability, and bandwidth requirements than previous generations. Open Radio …

Towards 5G: An empirical evaluation of software-defined end-to-end network slicing

C Bektas, S Monhof, F Kurtz… - 2018 IEEE Globecom …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging systems such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Grids (SGs), Industry 4.0, and
Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) impose a diverging set of requirements on underlying …

Revamping the Resilience and High Availability of 5G Core for 6G Ready Network Slices

S Vittal, S Sarkar - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current advancements in the design of the service-based architecture of 5G Core (5GC) are
flexible to be deployed with Network Function Virtualization (NFV) in the form of network …

Dynamic service function chain orchestration for NFV/MEC-enabled IoT networks: A deep reinforcement learning approach

Y Liu, H Lu, X Li, Y Zhang, L Xi… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) and mobile-edge computing (MEC) have been
introduced by Internet service providers (ISPs) to deal with various challenges, which hinder …

Distributing the Cloud Towards Autonomous & Resilient 5G Networking

JOR Batista, GM Mostaço, RF da Silva… - … on Information and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G promises a significant increase in network performance, with the support of distributed
cloud computing and other technologies. This can result in ten-fold improvements on latency …

ML-Based Strategies to Optimize O-RAN VNFs for Latency and Reliability

I Tamim, A Shami, L Ong - 2023 IEEE Future Networks World …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) combines the benefits of virtualization and
Machine Learning (ML) to enhance Radio Access Networks (RANs), providing advanced …

Performance study of large scale network slice deployment in a 5g core testbed

S Vittal, A Chilukuri, S Sarkar… - 2021 IEEE 4th 5G World …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing in 5G forms a pivotal enabler to satisfy unprecedented requirements in terms
of data rate, latency, and capacity in the form of heterogeneous network services namely …