End-to-end delay guaranteed Service Function Chain deployment: A multi-level mapping approach

F Yaghoubpour, B Bakhshi, F Seifi - Computer Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) enables service providers to maximize the
business profit via resource-efficient QoS provisioning for customer requested Service …

Dynamic decomposition of service function chain using a deep reinforcement learning approach

SB Chetty, H Ahmadi, M Tornatore, A Nag - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) universe will continue to expand with the advent of the sixth
generation of mobile networks (6G), which is expected to support applications and services …

Load balancing and resource allocation in smart cities using reinforcement learning

A AlOrbani, M Bauer - 2021 IEEE International Smart Cities …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Technology is being adopted by many municipalities to improve their services and
operations through so-called “smart city applications”. Development of these smart city …

Cognitive software defined networking and network function virtualization and applications

S Sharma, A Nag - Future Internet, 2023 - mdpi.com
The emergence of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization
(NFV) has revolutionized the Internet. Using SDN, network devices can be controlled from a …

Dynamic Prioritization and Adaptive Scheduling using Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient for Deploying Microservice-based VNFs

SB Chetty, H Ahmadi, A Nag - ICC 2023-IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Network Function Virtualization (NFV)-Resource Allocation (RA) problem is NP-Hard.
Traditional deployment methods revealed the existence of a starvation problem, which the …