GREP: Guaranteeing reliability with enhanced protection in NFV

J Fan, Z Ye, C Guan, X Gao, K Ren… - Proceedings of the 2015 …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising technique to greatly improve the
effectiveness and flexibility of network management through a process called Service …

Availability-aware mapping of service function chains

J Fan, C Guan, Y Zhao, C Qiao - IEEE INFOCOM 2017-IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising technique to greatly improve the
effectiveness and flexibility of network services through a process named Service Function …

Availability-aware service chain composition and mapping in NFV-enabled networks

M Wang, B Cheng, S Zhao, B Li… - … Conference on Web …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology decouples network
functions from hardware. Network service in NFV is deployed as a service chain, also known …

Piecing together the NFV provisioning puzzle: Efficient placement and chaining of virtual network functions

MC Luizelli, LR Bays, LS Buriol… - 2015 IFIP/IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising network architecture concept, in which
virtualization technologies are employed to manage networking functions via software as …

Guaranteed-availability network function virtualization with network protection and VNF replication

J Kong, I Kim, X Wang, Q Zhang… - … 2017-2017 IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) provides an efficient and flexible way to deploy network
services in the form of service function chains (SFCs) by adopting generalized equipment …

An efficient algorithm for virtual network function scaling

O Houidi, O Soualah, W Louati… - … 2017-2017 IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has been revolutionizing and improving the way
networking services are deployed but also requires the dynamic scaling of resources during …

Towards an efficient VNF placement in network function virtualization

D Qi, S Shen, G Wang - Computer Communications, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) decouples network function (also called
middlebox function) software from specified appliances onto general shared servers. Thus, it …

Optimizing virtual backup allocation for middleboxes

Y Kanizo, O Rottenstreich, I Segall… - IEEE/ACM Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In enterprise networks, network functions, such as address translation, firewall, and deep
packet inspection, are often implemented in middleboxes. Those can suffer from temporary …

On dynamic service function chain deployment and readjustment

J Liu, W Lu, F Zhou, P Lu, Z Zhu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology to decouple the network
functions from dedicated hardware elements, leading to the significant cost reduction in …

Optimizing NFV chain deployment through minimizing the cost of virtual switching

MC Luizelli, D Raz, Y Sa'ar - IEEE INFOCOM 2018-IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a novel paradigm that enables flexible and scalable
implementation of network services on cloud infrastructure. A key factor in the success of …