Traffic and cloud resource prediction methodologies have been recently used in Network
Function Virtualization environment for cloud and bandwidth resource allocation purposes …

An innovative resource allocation framework for virtualized network environments and
based on the application of Artificial Intelligence techniques is proposed and investigated. It …

The high reconfiguration time of cloud resources in Network Function Virtualization
environments has led to the proposal of prediction-based resource allocation algorithms …

In Network Function Virtualization (NFV), traditional purpose-built proprietary middle-boxes
are replaced with virtual network function (VNF) instances that are deployed over generic …

Cloud-fog based industries are entailing today greedy energy costs, given the wide
multiplication of their AI models and distributed BD frameworks implementations. This paper …

Fog computing emerges as a great candidate to mitigate the unsolved problems of cloud
computing. Data migration between fog nodes and datacenters is placing huge bandwidth …

This paper considers service provider network design with a view of meeting application
availability. Our primary goal is to design a service provider network using disparate network …

The high time required for the deployment of cloud resources in Network Function
Virtualization network architectures has led to the proposal and investigation of algorithms …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a novel technology that enables flexible
and cost-effective network services by replacing the hardware-based middleboxes with …

We consider a space-division multiplexing elastic optical network (SDM-EON) that supports
super-channels (SChs). A Sch comprises a set of contiguous frequency slots on multiple …