FlexSFC: flexible resource allocation and VNF parallelism for improved SFC placement

S Agarwal, VR Chintapalli… - 2022 IEEE 8th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To reduce the processing delay from the sequentially running virtual network functions
(VNFs) in a service function chain (SFC), network function parallelism (NFP) is introduced …

Performance characterization and profiling of chained CPU-bound Virtual Network Functions

S Troia, M Savi, G Nava, LMM Zorello, T Schneider… - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
The increased demand for high-quality Internet connectivity resulting from the growing
number of connected devices and advanced services has put significant strain on …

CCFI-cache: A transparent and flexible hardware protection for code and control-flow integrity

JL Danger, A Facon, S Guilley… - 2018 21st Euromicro …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we present a hardware based solution to verify simultaneously Code and
Control-Flow Integrity (CCFI), aiming at protecting microcontrollers against both cyber-and …

HALO: Accelerating flow classification for scalable packet processing in NFV

Y Yuan, Y Wang, R Wang, J Huang - Proceedings of the 46th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has become the new standard in the cloud platform,
as it provides the flexibility and agility for deploying various network services on general …

Batchy: Batch-scheduling data flow graphs with service-level objectives

T Lévai, F Németh, B Raghavan, G Rétvári - 17th USENIX Symposium …, 2020 - usenix.org
Data flow graphs are a popular program representation in machine learning, big data
analytics, signal processing, and, increasingly, networking, where graph nodes correspond …

Optimizing Resource Allocation and VNF Embedding in RAN Slicing

TV Le, MV Nguyen, TN Nguyen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G radio access network (RAN) with network slicing methodology plays a key role in the
development of the next-generation network system. RAN slicing focuses on splitting the …

A network function parallelism-enabled mec framework for supporting low-latency services

M Liu, G Feng, Y Sun, N Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile edge computing (MEC) enables users to offload computing tasks to edge servers for
provisioning low-latency and computation-intensive services. To manage heterogeneous …

Near optimal and dynamic mechanisms towards a stable NFV market in multi-tier cloud networks

Z Xu, H Ren, W Liang, Q Xia, W Zhou… - IEEE INFOCOM 2021 …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the fast development of next-generation networking techniques, a Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) market is emerging as a major market that allows network service …

Kpi guarantees in network slicing

J Martín-Pérez, F Malandrino… - IEEE/ACM …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thanks to network slicing, mobile networks can now support multiple and diverse services,
each requiring different key performance indicators (KPIs). In this new scenario, it is critical …

[PDF][PDF] MEC 中基于改进遗传模拟退火算法的虚拟网络功能部署策略.

陈卓, 冯钢, 刘怡静, 周杨 - Journal on Communication …, 2020 - infocomm-journal.com
为了有效改善多集群共存的移动边缘网络中业务流端到端服务时延, 提出了一种基于改进遗传
模拟退火算法的虚拟网络功能部署策略. 通过开放Jackson 排队网络对移动业务流的时延进行最 …