On the trade-off between computational load and reliability for network function virtualization

J Kang, O Simeone, J Kang - IEEE Communications Letters, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization enables the “softwarization” of network functions, which are
implemented on virtual machines hosted on commercial off-the-shelf servers. Both the …

Recent advances of resource allocation in network function virtualization

S Yang, F Li, S Trajanovski… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been emerging as an appealing solution that
transforms complex network functions from dedicated hardware implementations to software …

VNF-P: A model for efficient placement of virtualized network functions

H Moens, F De Turck - 10th international conference on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is an upcoming paradigm where network
functionality is virtualized and split up into multiple building blocks that can be chained …

Joint topology design and mapping of service function chains in network function virtualization

Z Ye, X Cao, C Qiao - 2016 IEEE Global Communications …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is promising to lower the network operator's capital
expenditure and operational expenditure by replacing proprietary hardware-based network …

Prune and plant: Efficient placement and parallelism of virtual network functions

W Bao, D Yuan, BB Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising solution to realize a variety of network
services. By definition, virtual network functions (VNFs) are chained together to realize …

Impact of processing costs on service chain placement in network functions virtualization

M Savi, M Tornatore, G Verticale - 2015 IEEE conference on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is the most promising technique to
help network providers in the reduction of capital and energy costs. The deployment of …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic literature review of reliable provisioning for virtual network function chaining

L Duytam Ly, M Sadeghi Ghahroudi, V Ponce - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The abstraction of the network node functions using virtualization methods introduced an
innovative architecture called Network Function Virtualization (NFV). In NFV, every …

Optimal network function virtualization realizing end-to-end requests

T Lin, Z Zhou, M Tornatore… - 2015 IEEE Global …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization provides a new network resource utilization approach which
decouples network functions from proprietary hardware and enables adaptive services to …

A model based on genetic algorithm for service chain resource allocation in NFV

N Ma, J Zhang, T Huang - 2017 3rd IEEE International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In traditional network, network functions are implemented by proprietary hardware. Its
deployment, update and upgrade are complicated and costly. With the rapid growth of the …

HYPER: A hybrid high-performance framework for network function virtualization

C Sun, J Bi, Z Zheng, H Hu - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) offers the potential for both enhancing service delivery
flexibility and reducing overall costs by virtualizing network functions that are traditionally …