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 …

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 …

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 (SFC) …

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 …

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 …

Accelerator: an intent-based intelligent resource-slicing scheme for SFC-based 6G application execution over SDN-and NFV-empowered zero-touch network

M Chowdhury - Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Zero-touch networks (ZTNs) can provide autonomous network solutions by integrating
software-based solutions for various emerging 5G and 6G applications. The current …

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 …