A survey on the placement of virtual resources and virtual network functions

A Laghrissi, T Taleb - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud computing and network slicing are essential concepts of forthcoming 5G mobile
systems. Network slices are essentially chunks of virtual computing and connectivity …

Service function chain placement in distributed scenarios: a systematic review

GL Santos, DF Bezerra, ES Rocha, L Ferreira… - Journal of Network and …, 2022 - Springer
The network function virtualization (NFV) paradigm is an emerging technology that provides
network flexibility by allowing the allocation of network functions over commodity hardware …

A deep reinforcement learning approach for VNF forwarding graph embedding

PTA Quang, Y Hadjadj-Aoul… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and service orchestration simplify the deployment and
management of network and telecommunication services. The deployment of these services …

Service function chain orchestration across multiple domains: A full mesh aggregation approach

G Sun, Y Li, D Liao, V Chang - IEEE Transactions on Network …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

The location problem for the provisioning of protected slices in NFV-based MEC infrastructure

HD Chantre, NLS da Fonseca - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The support of stringent requirements such as ultra-low latency and ultra-reliability of the
forthcoming 5G services poses several challenges to telecommunications infrastructure …

A scalable approach for service chain mapping with multiple SC instances in a wide-area network

A Gupta, B Jaumard, M Tornatore… - IEEE journal on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) aims to simplify service deployment using virtual
network functions (VNFs). Service deployment involves the placement of VNFs and in …

Efficient placement of service function chains in cloud computing environments

MA Abdelaal, GA Ebrahim, WR Anis - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The widespread adoption of network function virtualization (NFV) leads to providing network
services through a chain of virtual network functions (VNFs). This architecture is called …

Maximizing throughput of delay-sensitive NFV-enabled request admissions via virtualized network function placement

M Huang, W Liang, Y Ma, S Guo - IEEE Transactions on Cloud …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has attracted significant attention from both industry
and academia as an important paradigm change in network service provisioning. Most …

Balancing the migration of virtual network functions with replications in data centers

F Carpio, A Jukan, R Pries - NOMS 2018-2018 IEEE/IFIP …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is enabling flexibility, programmability
and implementation of traditional network functions into generic hardware, in form of the so …

An availability-aware sfc placement algorithm for fat-tree data centers

G Moualla, T Turletti, D Saucez - 2018 IEEE 7th International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Complex inter-connections of virtual functions form the so-called Service Function Chains
(SFCs) deployed in the Cloud. Such service chains are used for critical services like e-health …