A comprehensive survey of service function chain provisioning approaches in SDN and NFV architecture

K Kaur, V Mangat, K Kumar - Computer Science Review, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has emerged as an innovative network
architecture paradigm that uses IT virtualization technology to abstract the network node …

Holu: Power-aware and delay-constrained VNF placement and chaining

A Varasteh, B Madiwalar, A Van Bemten… - … on Network and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service function chains (SFCs) are an ordered set of virtual network functions (VNFs) which
can realize a specific network service. Enabled by virtualization technologies, these VNFs …

Multiagent reinforcement-learning-aided service function chain deployment for internet of things

Y Zhu, H Yao, T Mai, W He, N Zhang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, the compelling applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) bring unexpected
economic benefits to our daily lives. But at the same time, it also poses huge challenges to …

Ensuring reliability and low cost when using a parallel VNF processing approach to embed delay-constrained slices

N Promwongsa, M Abu-Lebdeh… - … on Network and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Slices were introduced in 5G to enable the co-existence of applications with different
requirements on a single infrastructure. Slices may be delay-constrained for mission-critical …

Study of virtual network function placement in 5G cloud radio access network

ST Arzo, R Bassoli, F Granelli… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G and beyond need to meet stringent requirements of latency, reliability, and support for
heterogeneous devices. However, the existing wireless network architecture is limited to …

Availability model for data center networks with dynamic migration and multiple traffic flows

J Zhu, N Huang, J Wang, X Qin - IEEE Transactions on Network …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evaluation of application availability is a crucial step in ensuring functionality of the data
center network (DCN). The application of data center network is no more a chain of physical …

Reliability-aware VNF placement using a probability-based approach

Y Wu, W Zheng, Y Zhang, J Li - IEEE Transactions on Network …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a new network architecture concept that simplifies
the deployment of network services and improves service management. However, it is …

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 …

Petri net-based reliability assessment and migration optimization strategy of SFC

L Rui, X Chen, Z Gao, W Li, X Qiu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the development of information technology, the network consists of various proprietary
hardware devices, and the use of these devices brings problems. To solve problems …

Optimal network slicing for service-oriented networks with flexible routing and guaranteed E2E latency

WK Chen, YF Liu, A De Domenico… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization is a promising technology to simultaneously support multiple
services with diverse characteristics and requirements in the 5G and beyond networks. In …