Network function consolidation in service function chaining orchestration

T Wen, H Yu, G Sun, L Liu - 2016 IEEE international conference …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology proposed to improve
service provisioning in telecommunication industry. The flexibility of NFV enables network …

Redundancy mechanism of service function chain with node-ranking algorithm

L Zhang, Y Wang, X Qiu, H Guo - 2019 IFIP/IEEE Symposium …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) decouples network functions from dedicated
hardware platforms, and reduces the cost of proprietary physical equipment. In NFV …

Fine-grained cloud resource provisioning for virtual network function

H Yu, J Yang, C Fung - IEEE Transactions on network and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The deployment of Virtualized Network Functions is expected to be dynamic and swift when
using Network Function Virtualization technology. The dynamic nature of workload from …

Design and evaluation of schemes for provisioning service function chain with function scalability

B Yi, X Wang, M Huang - Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are
two promising paradigms supporting flexible Service Function Chain (SFC) construction. In …

Design and implementation of network-aware VNF migration mechanism

B Yi, X Wang, M Huang, K Li - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
By separating network functionalities from the dedicated hardware and implementing them
in the form of Virtual Network Function (VNF), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) …

Service function migration scheduling based on encoder-decoder recurrent neural network

T Hirayama, T Miyazawa, M Jibiki… - 2019 IEEE Conference …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service function chaining (SFC) enables network operators to flexibly provide diverse
services such as Internet-of-Things (IoT) and mobile applications. SFC technologies are …

ElasticSFC: Auto-scaling techniques for elastic service function chaining in network functions virtualization-based clouds

AN Toosi, J Son, Q Chi, R Buyya - Journal of Systems and Software, 2019 - Elsevier
It is anticipated that future networks support network functions, such as firewalls, load
balancers and intrusion prevention systems in a fully automated, flexible, and efficient …

cost-and-QOS-based NFV service function chain mapping mechanism

Y Li, L Gao, S Xu, Q Ou, X Yuan, F Qi… - NOMS 2020-2020 …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technology decouples network functions from the
proprietary hardware by using generalized equipment and software, which lowers the cost of …

VNR-GA: Elastic virtual network reconfiguration algorithm based on Genetic metaheuristic

B Dab, I Fajjari, N Aitsaadi… - 2013 IEEE Global …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud Computing offers elasticity and enhances resource utilisation. This is why its success
strongly depends on the efficiency of the physical resource management. This paper deals …

MicroNF: An Efficient Framework for Enabling Modularized Service Chains in NFV

Z Meng, J Bi, H Wang, C Sun… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modularization of service function chains (SFCs) in network function virtualization (NFV)
could introduce significant performance overhead and resource efficiency degradation due …