Machine learning for performance-aware virtual network function placement

DM Manias, M Jammal, H Hawilo… - 2019 IEEE Global …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the growing demand for data connectivity, network service providers are faced with the
task of reducing their capital and operational expenses while simultaneously improving …

Machine learning for dynamic resource allocation in network function virtualization

S Schneider, NP Satheeschandran… - 2020 6th IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) proposes to replace physical middleboxes with more
flexible virtual network functions (VNFs). To dynamically adjust to ever-changing traffic …

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 …

Cost-efficient virtual network function placement and traffic steering

Y Liu, J Pei, P Hong, D Li - ICC 2019-2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Benefiting from Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Service Function Chain (SFC) that is
composed of a set of ordered Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) has become a popular …

Drl-sfcp: Adaptive service function chains placement with deep reinforcement learning

T Wang, Q Fan, X Li, X Zhang, Q Xiong… - ICC 2021-IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising paradigm that network functions can be
deployed on commodity servers instead of dedicated servers to enhance the resource …

Joint placement and allocation of virtual network functions with budget and capacity constraints

G Sallam, B Ji - IEEE INFOCOM 2019-IEEE Conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), network services that traditionally
run on proprietary dedicated hardware can now be realized using Virtual Network Functions …

Virtual network function placement for serving weighted services in NFV-Enabled networks

DHP Nguyen, YH Lien, BH Liu, SI Chu… - IEEE Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a novel network architecture yielding many
optimization choices to Internet service providers due to its flexibility. Based on this …

Machine learning-based optimal vnf deployment

S Park, HG Kim, J Hong, S Lange… - 2020 21st Asia …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) environment can deal with dynamic changes in traffic
status with appropriate deployment and scaling of Virtualized Network Function (VNF) …

Resource-efficient virtual network function placement in operator networks

X Song, X Zhang, S Yu, S Jiao… - GLOBECOM 2017-2017 …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging network resource utilization approach
which decouples network functions from proprietary hardware. To accommodate Service …

Balancing delay and cost in virtual network function placement and chaining

A Leivadeas, M Falkner, I Lambadaris… - 2018 4th IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has proliferated the way network services are offered
to the end users. Individual network functions are decoupled from expensive and dedicated …