With the advent of Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization
(NFV), network operators can offer Service Function Chain (SFC) flexibly to accommodate …

Due to the overload of IP semantics, the traditional TCP/IP network has a number of
problems in scalability, mobility, and security. In this context, information-centric networking …

Latency-critical applications, eg, automated and assisted driving services, can now be
deployed in fog or edge computing environments, offloading energy-consuming tasks from …

Each flow usually needs to traverse a specific service function chain (SFC), which is
composed of multiple network functions implemented through virtualization technology or …

In order to satisfy diversified service demands, future networks are expected to provide
higher quality network services, especially in 5G scenarios. Network Function Virtualization …

A coherent placement of virtual network functions (VNFs) permits the efficient forwarding of
data flows (routing). VNFs' placement and service function chain (SFC) routing (VNF …

A reconfigurable match table (RMT) is a programmable pipeline architecture for packet
processing. In order to enable the programmable data plane to support segment routing …

Network function virtualization can increase the versatility of computing and network
platforms, enabling them to provide more flexible services. In terms of a softwaredefined …

The proliferation of the ever-increasing number of highly heterogeneous smart devices and
the emerging of a wide range of diverse applications in 5G mobile network ecosystems …

This study investigates the use of Reinforcement Learning (RL) to minimize the latency
between the source and destination of SFC requests in Neural Networks. This problem …