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 …

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 …

A clustering-based approach for virtual network function mapping and assigning

Z Wang, J Zhang, T Huang, Y Liu - 2017 IEEE/ACM 25th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization has attracted attention from both academia and industry as it
can help the service provider to obtain agility and flexibility in network service deployment. In …

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 …

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 …

Service deployment model based on virtual network function resizing

K Akahoshi, F He, E Oki - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization enables to deploy network services more flexibly with virtual
network functions (VNFs). A service provider needs to allocate the required VNFs to hosts …

Efficient service reconfiguration with partial virtual network function migration

D Liu, Z Zhou, D Zhang, K Guo, Y Wu, C Wu - Computer Networks, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) decouples network functions from dedicated
hardware devices into Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). These VNFs are chained in order …

An efficient algorithm for virtual network function scaling

O Houidi, O Soualah, W Louati… - … 2017-2017 IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has been revolutionizing and improving the way
networking services are deployed but also requires the dynamic scaling of resources during …

Network function virtualization: Challenges and opportunities for innovations

B Han, V Gopalakrishnan, L Ji… - IEEE communications …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization was recently proposed to improve the flexibility of network
service provisioning and reduce the time to market of new services. By leveraging …

Branching-aware service function placement and routing in network function virtualization

M Jalalitabar, Y Wang, X Cao - 2019 IEEE Conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology that promises to address
issues in traditional middleboxes, providing service flexibility and reduced cost. NFV …