Deep reinforcement learning for topology-aware VNF resource prediction in NFV environments

N Jalodia, S Henna, A Davy - 2019 IEEE Conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) has emerged as a key paradigm in network
softwarisation, enabling virtualisation in future generation networks. Once deployed, the …

Distributed orchestration of service function chains for edge intelligence in the industrial internet of things

H Chen, S Wang, G Li, L Nie, X Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network virtualization techniques are promising to overcome the obstacle of applying and
expanding costly traditional networks in the industrial Internet of things (IIoT). Artificial …

Multiagent reinforcement-learning-aided service function chain deployment for internet of things

Y Zhu, H Yao, T Mai, W He, N Zhang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, the compelling applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) bring unexpected
economic benefits to our daily lives. But at the same time, it also poses huge challenges to …

Deep q-networks based auto-scaling for service function chaining

D Lee, JH Yoo, JWK Hong - 2020 16th International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a key technology of the 5G network era. NFV
decouples a network function from proprietary hardware so that the network function can …

Single and multi-domain adaptive allocation algorithms for VNF forwarding graph embedding

PTA Quang, A Bradai, KD Singh… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) will simplify deployment and management of network
and telecommunication services. NFV provides flexibility by virtualizing the network …

Optimized IoT service chain implementation in edge cloud platform: a deep learning framework

C Pham, DT Nguyen, NH Tran… - … on Network and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet of Things (IoT) services have been implemented for several network applications
from smart cities to rural areas. However, there are many barriers to provide an efficient …

Joint optimization of service chain graph design and mapping in NFV-enabled networks

Y He, X Zhang, Z Xia, Y Liu, K Sood, S Yu - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging approach to serve diverse
demands of network services by decoupling network functions and dedicated network …

Knowledge defined networks on the edge for service function chaining and reactive traffic steering

A Rafiq, S Rehman, R Young, WC Song, MA Khan… - Cluster …, 2023 - Springer
Emerging technologies such as network function virtualization and software-defined
networking (SDN) have made a phenomenal breakthrough in network management by …

Efficient provision of service function chains in overlay networks using reinforcement learning

G Li, H Zhou, B Feng, Y Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
technologies facilitate deploying Service Function Chains (SFCs) at clouds in efficiency and …

Online service provisioning in NFV-enabled networks using deep reinforcement learning

A Nouruzi, A Zakeri, MR Javan, N Mokari… - … on Network and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) based framework for an
online end-user service provisioning in a Network Function Virtualization (NFV)-enabled …