A comprehensive survey of network function virtualization
Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …
Optimal VNF placement via deep reinforcement learning in SDN/NFV-enabled networks
The emerging paradigm-Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function
Virtualization (NFV)-makes it feasible and scalable to run Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) …
Virtualization (NFV)-makes it feasible and scalable to run Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) …
On dynamic service function chain deployment and readjustment
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology to decouple the network
functions from dedicated hardware elements, leading to the significant cost reduction in …
functions from dedicated hardware elements, leading to the significant cost reduction in …
Efficiently embedding service function chains with dynamic virtual network function placement in geo-distributed cloud system
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networks (SDN) enable
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to place Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) to achieve the …
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to place Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) to achieve the …
EdgeGYM: a reinforcement learning environment for constraint-aware NFV resource allocation
Optimizing resource allocation in Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) deployment
remains a challenging problem due to the complex interactions between network functions …
remains a challenging problem due to the complex interactions between network functions …
Service function chain orchestration across multiple domains: A full mesh aggregation approach
Generally, a service request must specify its required virtual network functions (VNFs) and
their specific order, which is known as the service function chain (SFC). When mapping …
their specific order, which is known as the service function chain (SFC). When mapping …
[HTML][HTML] Latency and energy-aware provisioning of network slices in cloud networks
Modern network services are constantly increasing their requirements in terms of bandwidth,
latency and cost efficiency. To satisfy these requirements, the concept of network slicing has …
latency and cost efficiency. To satisfy these requirements, the concept of network slicing has …
Sel-INT: A runtime-programmable selective in-band network telemetry system
S Tang, D Li, B Niu, J Peng… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is known that by leveraging programmable data plane, in-band network telemetry (INT)
can be realized to provide a powerful and promising method to collect realtime network …
can be realized to provide a powerful and promising method to collect realtime network …
Forecast-assisted NFV service chain deployment based on affiliation-aware vNF placement
Q Sun, P Lu, W Lu, Z Zhu - 2016 IEEE Global Communications …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the problem of service chain (SC) deployment. Specifically, we try to
place virtual network functions (vNFs) on network nodes and connect the vNFs in sequence …
place virtual network functions (vNFs) on network nodes and connect the vNFs in sequence …
Joint spectrum and IT resource allocation for efficient vNF service chaining in inter-datacenter elastic optical networks
W Fang, M Zeng, X Liu, W Lu… - IEEE Communications …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study how to allocate spectrum and IT resources jointly for realizing efficient virtual
network function (VNF) service chaining in inter-datacenter elastic optical networks. We first …
network function (VNF) service chaining in inter-datacenter elastic optical networks. We first …