A systematic literature review of reliable provisioning for virtual network function chaining

L Duytam Ly, M Sadeghi Ghahroudi, V Ponce - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The abstraction of the network node functions using virtualization methods introduced an
innovative architecture called Network Function Virtualization (NFV). In NFV, every …

Joint optimization of service function chaining and resource allocation in network function virtualization

L Wang, Z Lu, X Wen, R Knopp, R Gupta - IEEE Access, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) has already been a new paradigm for network
architectures. By migrating NFs from dedicated hardware to virtualization platform, NFV can …

MSV: An algorithm for coordinated resource allocation in network function virtualization

H Li, L Wang, X Wen, Z Lu, J Li - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The proposition of network function virtualization (NFV) aims to solve the difficulty and
ossification in current network's management and service provision caused by ever-growing …

Guaranteed-availability network function virtualization with network protection and VNF replication

J Kong, I Kim, X Wang, Q Zhang… - … 2017-2017 IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) provides an efficient and flexible way to deploy network
services in the form of service function chains (SFCs) by adopting generalized equipment …

A comprehensive survey of network function virtualization

B Yi, X Wang, K Li, M Huang - Computer Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

A multi-criteria decision approach for minimizing the influence of VNF migration

B Yi, X Wang, M Huang, A Dong - Computer Networks, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been proposed as an important
paradigm to speed up the service deployment and provision, by decoupling network …

Virtual network function placement for service chaining by relaxing visit order and non-loop constraints

N Hyodo, T Sato, R Shinkuma, E Oki - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a paradigm that virtualizes traditional network
functions and instantiates Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) as software instances separate …

Resource-efficient and availability-aware service chaining and vnf placement with vnf diversity and redundancy

T Hara, M Sasabe, K Sugihara… - IEICE Transactions on …, 2024 - search.ieice.org
To establish a network service in network functions virtualization (NFV) networks, the
orchestrator addresses the challenge of service chaining and virtual network function …

Network service chaining challenges for VNF outsourcing in network function virtualization

H Jeon, BC Lee - 2015 International Conference on Information …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fundamentally, network function virtualization (NFV) allows virtual network functions (VNFs)
to be outsourced by a third party because it separates network functions from their locations …

Availability aware SFC embedding in NFV: A clustering approach

P Torkamandi, S Khorsandi… - 2019 27th Iranian …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) was recently proposed to improve the flexibility of
network service provisioning and reduce the deployment costs by the decoupling the …