A reliability-aware approach for resource efficient virtual network function deployment

J Sun, G Zhu, G Sun, D Liao, Y Li, AK Sangaiah… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising technique aimed at reducing capital
expenditures (CAPEX) and operating expenditures (OPEX), and improving the flexibility and …

Resource fragmentation-aware embedding in dynamic network virtualization environments

H Lu, F Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Network and Service …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In network virtualization environments, with random arrival and departure of virtual network
requests, there exist some resources (ie, link resources and node resources) isolated from …

Service chain mapping algorithm based on reinforcement learning

W Li, H Wu, C Jiang, P Jia, N Li… - … and Mobile Computing …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization integrates different types of dedicated network equipment into
standard industry IT server, storage and switch equipment, enabling network functions …

Sfc-ho: Reliable layered service function chaining

X Chen, J Zhou, S Wei - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) utilizes IT virtualization technology to realize the
functions of various network devices and realize the decoupling of hardware and software …

An efficient load balancing approach for service function chain mapping

A Zamani, B Bakhshi, S Sharifian - Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Network function virtualization promises a significant advantage for addressing diverse
quality of service requirements via chains of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). Service …

A comprehensive resource management and placement for network function virtualization

TM Nguyen, S Fdida, TM Pham - 2017 IEEE Conference on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network service providers have to cope with the growing on-demand need from end-users
as well as the diversity of usage. The softwerization and cloudification of the network …

MuSC: A multi-stage service chains embedding approach

I El Mensoum, OA Wahab, N Kara, C Edstrom - Journal of Network and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Network function virtualization is an emerging concept that is attracting increasing attention
in the industry because it offers high levels of agility and flexibility to the network allowing …

An efficient algorithm for service function chains reconfiguration in mobile edge cloud networks

B Li, B Cheng, J Chen - 2021 IEEE International Conference on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) supports ultra-low latency and high-bandwidth services as
an emerging network architecture by deploying servers at the edge of the network to provide …

Policy-based dynamic service chaining in Network Functions Virtualization

EJ Scheid, CC Machado, RL dos Santos… - … IEEE Symposium on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) enables the rapid development, flexible
management, and the dynamic placement of new, innovative Virtualized Network Functions …

QoS-aware management reconfiguration of vNF service trees with heterogeneous NFV platforms

T Li, Z Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Network and Service …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid development of in-network computing motivates people to consider deploying
virtual network functions (vNFs) on heterogeneous platforms that include both software …