Deadline-aware SFC orchestration under demand uncertainty

M Nguyen, M Dolati, M Ghaderi - IEEE Transactions on Network …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In network function virtualization, a service function chain (SFC) specifies a sequence of
virtual network functions that user traffic has to traverse to realize a network service. The …

Towards delay-optimized and resource-efficient network function dynamic deployment for VNF service chaining

C Bu, J Wang, X Wang - Applied Soft Computing, 2022 - Elsevier
By decoupling virtualized network functions from the dedicated network equipment on which
they run, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has brought a flexible and economical way …

Joint topology design and mapping of service function chains for efficient, scalable, and reliable network functions virtualization

Z Ye, X Cao, J Wang, H Yu, C Qiao - IEEE Network, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
NFV is promising to lower the network operator's capital expenditure and operational
expenditure by replacing proprietary hardware-based network equipment with software …

Towards attack-resistant service function chain migration: A model-based adaptive proximal policy optimization approach

T Zhang, C Xu, B Zhang, X Li, X Kuang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) supports the rapid development of service function
chain (SFC), which efficiently connects a sequence of network virtual function instances …

A survey on service function chaining

D Bhamare, R Jain, M Samaka, A Erbad - Journal of Network and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cloud computing is gaining significant attention and virtualized datacenters are becoming
popular as a cost-effective infrastructure. The network services are transitioning from a host …

Semantically enhanced mapping algorithm for affinity-constrained service function chain requests

N Bouten, R Mijumbi, J Serrat, J Famaey… - … on Network and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) have been
proposed to increase the cost-efficiency, flexibility, and innovation in network service …

Energy efficiency with service availability guarantee for Network Function Virtualization

L Mai, Y Ding, X Zhang, L Fan, S Yu, Z Xu - Future Generation Computer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Following the trend of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), dedicated hardware
middleboxes are replaced with innovative and flexible software middleboxes also known as …

Composing and deploying parallelized service function chains

J Cai, Z Huang, J Luo, Y Liu, H Zhao, L Liao - Journal of Network and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) provides great flexibility in solving the
problem of deploying service function chains (SFCs). The existing serial SFCs organize …

Constructing service function chain test database: An optimal modeling approach for coordinated resource allocation

H Li, L Wang, X Wen, Z Lu, L Ma - IEEE Access, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) has become an emerging issue in both academia and
industry. By outsourcing network functions from dedicated hardware to virtualization …

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 …