The programmable data plane: Abstractions, architectures, algorithms, and applications

O Michel, R Bifulco, G Retvari, S Schmid - ACM Computing Surveys …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Programmable data plane technologies enable the systematic reconfiguration of the low-
level processing steps applied to network packets and are key drivers toward realizing the …

A survey on the placement of virtual network functions

J Sun, Y Zhang, F Liu, H Wang, X Xu, Y Li - Journal of Network and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dependence of traditional network functions (NFs) on special hardware results in high
capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operating expenditures (OPEX). Network Function …

Resource-ability assisted service function chain embedding and scheduling for 6G networks with virtualization

H Cao, J Du, H Zhao, DX Luo, N Kumar… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While 5G is being deployed all around the world, the industry and academia start the
investigation of 6G. Network function virtualization (NFV) is seen as the key enabler towards …

Metron:{NFV} service chains at the true speed of the underlying hardware

GP Katsikas, T Barbette, D Kostic, R Steinert… - … USENIX Symposium on …, 2018 - usenix.org
In this paper we present Metron, a Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) platform that
achieves high resource utilization by jointly exploiting the underlying network and …

A framework for eBPF-based network functions in an era of microservices

S Miano, F Risso, MV Bernal… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
By moving network functionality from dedicated hardware to software running on end-hosts,
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) pledges the benefits of cloud computing to packet …

Availability-and traffic-aware placement of parallelized SFC in data center networks

M Wang, B Cheng, S Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) brings flexible provisioning and great convenience for
enterprises outsource their network functions to the Data Center Networks (DCNs). Network …

Efficient network monitoring applications in the kernel with ebpf and xdp

M Abranches, O Michel, E Keller… - 2021 IEEE Conference …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuous traffic monitoring and analytics are fundamental to the operation of today's
networks. Network telemetry allows for performing fine-grained analytics on network flow or …

Paving the way for NFV acceleration: A taxonomy, survey and future directions

X Fei, F Liu, Q Zhang, H Jin, H Hu - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2020 - dl.acm.org
As a recent innovation, network functions virtualization (NFV)—with its core concept of
replacing hardware middleboxes with software network functions (NFs) implemented in …

PacketMill: toward per-Core 100-Gbps networking

A Farshin, T Barbette, A Roozbeh… - Proceedings of the 26th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We present PacketMill, a system for optimizing software packet processing, which (i)
introduces a new model to efficiently manage packet metadata and (ii) employs code …

Collaborative learning-based network resource scheduling and route management for multi-mode green iot

Z Zhou, X Chen, H Liao, Z Gan, F Xiao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The multi-mode green Internet of things (IoT) provides a communication support for social
assets of smart park connecting to power grid for low-carbon operation. Software defined …