Vnf and cnf placement in 5g: Recent advances and future trends

W Attaoui, E Sabir, H Elbiaze… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the growing demand for openness, scalability, and granularity, mobile network function
virtualization (NFV) has emerged as a key enabler for the most of mobile network operators …

Machine learning for zero-touch management in heterogeneous industrial networks-a review

M Friesen, L Wisniewski… - 2022 IEEE 18th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past decades industrial communication networks have evolved into highly diverse
and heterogeneous environments, with a variety of different technologies being deployed to …

Zero-touch networks: Towards next-generation network automation

M El Rajab, L Yang, A Shami - Computer Networks, 2024 - Elsevier
The Zero-touch network and Service Management (ZSM) framework represents an
emerging paradigm in the management of the fifth-generation (5G) and Beyond (5G+) …

Multiagent deep reinforcement learning for cost-and delay-sensitive virtual network function placement and routing

S Wang, C Yuen, W Ni, YL Guan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an effective and novel multi-agent deep reinforcement learning
(MADRL)-based method for solving the joint virtual network function (VNF) placement and …

SCHE2MA: Scalable, energy-aware, multidomain orchestration for beyond-5G URLLC services

A Dalgkitsis, LA Garrido, F Rezazadeh… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evolution of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization
(NFV) in the telecommunications industry have intensified the issues of network …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing ZSM Security Issues with Blockchain Technology

M Xevgenis, DG Kogias, PA Karkazis, HC Leligou - Future Internet, 2023 - mdpi.com
Undoubtedly, we are witnessing a new era of computer networks that aspire to support
modern demanding applications by providing the highest Quality of Experience (QoE) to the …

Placing timely refreshing services at the network edge

X Li, S Zhang, H Luo, X Ma, J He - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accommodating services at the network edge is favorable for time-sensitive applications.
However, maintaining service usability is resource consuming in terms of pulling service …

On Jointly optimizing partial offloading and SFC mapping: a cooperative dual-agent deep reinforcement learning approach

X Wang, H Xing, F Song, S Luo, P Dai… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-access edge computing (MEC) and network function virtualization (NFV) are promising
technologies to support emerging IoT applications, especially those computation-intensive …

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 …

Vnf and container placement: Recent advances and future trends

W Attaoui, E Sabir, H Elbiaze, M Guizani - arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.00178, 2022 - arxiv.org
With the growing demand for openness, scalability, and granularity, mobile network function
virtualization (NFV) has emerged as a key enabler for most mobile network operators. NFV …