Provably Efficient Service Function Chain Embedding and Protection in Edge Networks

D Zheng, X Cao - Authorea Preprints, 2024 - techrxiv.org
Internet-connected devices generate service function chain (SFC) requests for reliability-
sensitive applications such as smart factories and intelligent healthcare. To facilitate reliable …

Service function chaining and embedding with heterogeneous faults tolerance in edge networks

D Zheng, G Shen, Y Li, X Cao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the 5G-and-beyond era, ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) services are
ubiquitous in edge networks. To enhance the performance metrics and the quality of service …

Deploying Security-Aware Service Function Chains with Asymmetric Dedicated Protection

D Zheng, S Cao, H Xu, X Cao - ICC 2024-IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the emerging applications of edge computing (eg, unmanned factories and meta-verse),
network requests are required to be securely and reliably delivered in the form of service …

Embedding Service Function Chains with Dedicated Protection in Edge Networks

D Zheng, G Shen, B Chen, C Peng… - ICC 2023-IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging machine learning techniques enable Internet-connected devices to generate
service function chain (SFC) requests for reliability-sensitive applications. To facilitate …

Towards resources optimization in deploying service function chains with shared protection

D Zheng, H Fang, S Cao, Y Zhong, X Cao - Computer Networks, 2024 - Elsevier
Emerging artificial intelligence techniques enable the Internet-connected devices
automatically generate massive SFC requests in scenarios with ultra-reliability demands …

Towards deterministic fault-tolerant service function slicing in edge networks

D Zheng, C Peng, B Wang… - … Conference on Computer …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ultra-reliable and low latency communication (URLLC) service in 5G/6G will be
delivered through a sequence of software-based network functions, also known as a service …

Chain Segment Protection for Dependence-aware Service Function Chain in NFV

C Peng, Y Bai, S Yang, D Zheng… - 2024 7th World …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network services can be delivered through a service function chain (SFC) for reliability-
sensitive applications. Traditional SFC protection can be employed by providing a node-link …

Toward optimal hybrid service function chain embedding in multiaccess edge computing

D Zheng, C Peng, X Liao, X Cao - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging multiaccess edge computing (MEC) architecture brings the needed
computing resource to the network edge. Many 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) applications …

Service function chaining with deterministic fault tolerance in optical edge networks

D Zheng, G Shen, Y Li, X Cao, B Mukherjee - Authorea Preprints, 2023 - techrxiv.org
In the upcoming 5G-and-beyond era, ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC)
services will be ubiquitous in edge networks. To improve network performance and quality of …

Security-aware Service Function Chaining and Embedding with Asymmetric Dedicated Protection

B Wang, J Li, S Cao, E Guler, D Zheng - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the 5G and beyond 5G networks, achieving security-aware data transmission needs to
convert clients' requests into a service function chain (SFC), each service function (SF) …