Deterministic latency/jitter-aware service function chaining over beyond 5G edge fabric

H Yu, T Taleb, J Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deterministic Networking (DetNet) has recently attracted much attention. It aims at studying
the deterministic bounded latency and low latency variation for time-sensitive applications …

High availability deployment of virtual network function forwarding graph in cloud computing environments

MA Abdelaal, GA Ebrahim, WR Anis - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) stands out quickly as a promising innovation in
telecommunication networks. It leverages the concept of cloud technology and virtualization …

Disaster protection for service function chain provisioning in EO-DCNs

Y Liu, F Zhou, T Shang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) in Elastic Optical Inter-DataCenter Networks (EO-
DCNs) enables a flexible, adaptive, effective, and economic network services deployment …

Online service function chain placement for cost-effectiveness and network congestion control

X Shang, Z Liu, Y Yang - IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging network function virtualization is migrating traditional middleboxes, eg,
firewalls, load balancers, proxies, from dedicated hardware to virtual network functions …

A cost-efficient, load-balanced and fragmentation-aware approach for deployment of VNF service chains in Elastic Optical Networks

A Khatiri, G Mirjalily - Computer Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract By emerging Network Function Virtualization (NFV), service providers use VNFs
(Virtual Network Functions) and VNF service chain (VNF-SC) as an agile, scalable, and cost …

A fine-grained and dynamic scaling method for service function chains

D Zhai, X Meng, Z Yu, H Hu, X Han - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising approach to solve network ossification,
which provides network services through virtual network function (VNF). However, the …

Learning to Be Green: Carbon-Aware Online Control for Edge Intelligence with Colocated Learning and Inference

S Su, Z Zhou, T Ouyang, R Zhou… - 2023 IEEE 43rd …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Edge intelligence is an emerging paradigm that leverages edge computing to pave the last
mile delivery of artificial intelligence. While pilot efforts on edge intelligence have mostly …

SLO-aware dynamic self-adaptation of resources

M Awad, N Kara, C Edstrom - Future Generation Computer Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Cloud computing and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are two
complementary technologies. Virtual network functions (VNFs) provided by NFV are …

Near optimal learning-driven mechanisms for stable nfv markets in multitier cloud networks

Z Xu, H Ren, W Liang, Q Xia, W Zhou… - IEEE/ACM …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
More and more 5G and AI applications demand flexible and low-cost processing of their
traffic through diverse virtualized network functions (VNFs) to meet their security and privacy …

Placement and allocation of virtual network functions: Multi-dimensional case

G Sallam, Z Zheng, B Ji - IEEE Transactions on Mobile …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is an emerging design paradigm that replaces physical
middlebox devices with software modules running on general purpose commodity servers …