Efficient instance reuse approach for service function chain placement in mobile edge computing

S Zhang, W Jia, Z Tang, J Lou, W Zhao - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
The combination of mobile edge computing and network function virtualization has led to the
emergence of Virtualized Network Function (VNF) in a broader range of application …

An efficient service function chaining placement algorithm in mobile edge computing

M Wang, B Cheng, J Chen - ACM Transactions on Internet Technology …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a promising network architecture that pushes network
control and mobile computing to the network edge. Recent studies propose to deploy MEC …

DSPPV: dynamic service function chains placement with parallelized virtual network functions in mobile edge computing

HP Li, ME Kordi - Internet of Things, 2023 - Elsevier
This study configures an architecture based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) with
the aim of providing online services to end users in Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) …

Availability-aware service function chain placement in mobile edge computing

X Yin, B Cheng, M Wang, J Chen - 2020 IEEE World Congress …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is an emerging network architecture that provides computing
capabilities at the edge of the mobile network. Recent approaches tend to deploy MEC …

Delay-aware virtual network function placement and routing in edge clouds

S Yang, F Li, S Trajanovski, X Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) offers a way to shorten the cloud servicing delay by building
the small-scale cloud infrastructures at the network edge, which are in close proximity to the …

SAP: Subchain-aware NFV service placement in mobile edge cloud

TV Doan, GT Nguyen, M Reisslein… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Existing Network Function Virtualization (NFV) service placements that reuse already
deployed network functions either reuse an entire Service Function Chain (SFC) or only …

Profit maximization for service placement and request assignment in edge computing via deep reinforcement learning

Y Li, W Liang, J Li - Proceedings of the 24th international acm …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
With the integration of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) and Network Function Virtualization
(NFV), service providers are able to provide low-latency services to mobile users for profit. In …

[HTML][HTML] Service function chain migration with the long-term budget in dynamic networks

Y Qin, D Guo, L Luo, J Zhang, M Xu - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Mobile edge computing emerges as a new paradigm to provide low-latency network
services in the close proximity to users. Based on the network function virtualization (NFV) …

Service function chains multi-resource orchestration in virtual mobile edge computing

M Laroui, HI Khedher, H Moungla, H Afifi - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Next-Generation Networks (NGNs) provide efficient services to improve the overall
network performance, especially in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. However, service …

Latency-aware VNF chain deployment with efficient resource reuse at network edge

P Jin, X Fei, Q Zhang, F Liu, B Li - IEEE INFOCOM 2020-IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increasing demand of low-latency network services, mobile edge computing (MEC)
emerges as a new paradigm, which provides server resources and processing capacities in …