Energy-Efficient Graph Reinforced vNFC Deployment in Elastic Optical Inter-DC Networks

R Zhu, W Zhang, P Wang, J Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT), the demand
for flexible and cost-effective network services (NSs) is growing exponentially. Network …

An Efficient Approximation Algorithm for Service Function Chaining Placement in Edge-Cloud Computing Industrial Internet of Things

M Asgarian, K Jamshidi… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Edge-Cloud Computing Industrial Internet of Things (ECIIoT) is composed of edge and cloud
nodes with Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices to get the Service Function Chain …

Joint Admission Control and Resource Allocation of Virtual Network Embedding Via Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning

T Wang, L Shen, Q Fan, T Xu, T Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As an essential resource management problem in network virtualization, virtual network
embedding (VNE) aims to allocate the finite resources of physical network to sequentially …

Energy-and Reliability-Aware Provisioning of Parallelized Service Function Chains With Delay Guarantees

VR Chintapalli, BR Killi, R Partani… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) leverages virtualization and cloud computing
technologies to make networks more flexible, manageable, and scalable. Instead of using …

Service Function Chain Embedding Meets Machine Learning: Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Y Liu, J Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Network and Service …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the emerge of the network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined network
(SDN), the SDN/NFV-enabled network has been recognized as one of the most promising …

On Efficient VNF-FG Design in IoT Networks

C Ren, J Zhang, Y Wang, Y Li - IEEE Transactions on Network …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent times, it has been witnessed that an increasing number of Internet connected
devices impose an huge challenge on Internet of Thing (IoT) networks, which provides …

[HTML][HTML] Resource Allocation Strategy Based on Service Function Chaining in Multi-Access Edge Computing Network

X Zhang, Z Huang, L Huang, H Yang - Journal of King Saud University …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) network enhances the processing
capability of Internet of Things (IoT) terminals by deploying 3C resources (computing …

An improved resource allocation method for mapping service function chains based on A3C

W Huang, H Tian, X Zhang, M Huang, S Li… - IET …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Network function virtualization (NFV) technology deploys network functions as software
functions on a generalised hardware platform and provides customised network services in …

[PDF][PDF] End-to-end network slicing design policy in 5G networks

R Wang - 2023 - kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
End-to-End network slicing is an emerging technology that provides substantial potential for
supporting various services and carries flexible resource orchestration for 5G networks. The …

Latency-Aware Resource Utilization Optimization for Service Function Chain Deployment in Heterogeneous Edge Network

Z Liao, Q Xiong, M Huang, XY Tang - Available at SSRN 4736412 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) improves service quality by converting
traditional hardware-supported network services into Virtualized Network Functions (VNF) …