Performability of network service chains: Stochastic modeling and assessment of softwarized IP multimedia subsystem

M Di Mauro, G Galatro, F Postiglione… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service provisioning mechanisms implemented across 5G infrastructures take broadly into
use the network service chain concept. Typically, it is coupled with Network Function …

[PDF][PDF] Availability evaluation of the virtualized infrastructure manager in Network Function Virtualization environments

M Di Mauro, F Postiglione, M Longo… - Risk, Reliability and …, 2016 - researchgate.net
The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) initiative involving the European
Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) and a group of telecom companies, started in …

Container-based design of a virtual network security function

M De Benedictis, A Lioy… - 2018 4th IEEE Conference …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern ICT infrastructures are evolving thanks to the advantages offered by virtualisation in
terms of flexibility, scalability, and savings on hardware-related costs. More recently …

Performability analysis of containerized ims through queueing networks and stochastic models

M Di Mauro, G Galatro, M Longo… - NOMS 2022-2022 …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a case study of a novel approach to characterize service chains in terms of performance
and availability, we consider a containerized IP Multimedia Subsystem (cIMS) infrastructure …

Multi-Provider IMS Infrastructure with Controlled Redundancy: A Performability Evaluation

L De Simone, M Di Mauro, M Longo… - … on Network and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In modern telecommunication networks, services are provided through Service Function
Chains (SFC), where network resources are implemented by leveraging virtualization and …

Experimental Evaluation of Orchestration Software for Virtual Network Functions

A Valantasis, N Makris, C Zarafetas… - 2021 IEEE Wireless …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The adoption of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is considered as one of the enablers
for a fully softwarized 5G architecture, that allows significantly higher flexibility for network …

Dependability evaluation and benchmarking of network function virtualization infrastructures

D Cotroneo, L De Simone, AK Iannillo… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging solution that aims at improving the
flexibility, the efficiency and the manageability of networks, by leveraging virtualization and …

On the design of a flexible architecture for virtualized network function platforms

VF Garcia, LC Marcuzzo, A Huff… - 2019 IEEE Global …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The proper execution and management of heterogeneous Virtualized Network Functions
(VNFs) relies on the employment of efficient and comprehensive VNF platforms. However …

Availability evaluation of multi-tenant service function chaining infrastructures by multidimensional universal generating function

M Di Mauro, M Longo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm has been devised as an enabler of next
generation network infrastructures by speeding up the provisioning and the composition of …

A performance comparison of containers and unikernels for reliable 5G environments

JB Filipe, F Meneses, AU Rehman… - … Conference on the …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth generation (5G) of telecommunications network envisions a fully connected society,
where critical and reliable services play a major role in support to the industry. Emerging …