Reinforcement learning for service function chain reconfiguration in NFV-SDN metro-core optical networks

S Troia, R Alvizu, G Maier - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advent of 5G technology, we are witnessing the development of increasingly
bandwidth-hungry network applications, such as enhanced mobile broadband, massive …

Traffic engineering for service-oriented 5G networks with SDN-NFV integration

K Qu, W Zhuang, Q Ye, X Shen, X Li, J Rao - IEEE network, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing is a promising approach to provisioning service-level virtual network
customization, based on the integration of SDN and NFV technologies. Although different …

Deep reinforcement learning for provisioning virtualized network function in inter-datacenter elastic optical networks

M Zhu, Q Chen, J Gu, P Gu - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In today's datacenters (DCs), IT resources virtualization is leveraged to realize Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) over general-purpose servers. Meanwhile, most of the service …

[HTML][HTML] Edge intelligence for service function chain deployment in NFV-enabled networks

MA Khoshkholghi, T Mahmoodi - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
With evolution of network function virtualization (NFV), network services can be provided as
service function chains (SCs), each consisting of multiple virtual network functions (VNFs) …

Scalable orchestration of service function chains in NFV-enabled networks: A federated reinforcement learning approach

H Huang, C Zeng, Y Zhao, G Min, Y Zhu… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is critical to the scalability and flexibility of various
network services in the form of service function chains (SFCs), which refer to a set of Virtual …

Online adaptive interference-aware VNF deployment and migration for 5G network slice

Q Zhang, F Liu, C Zeng - IEEE/ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Based on network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined network (SDN), network
slicing is proposed as a new paradigm for building service-customized 5G network. In each …

A reinforcement learning based approach for 5G network slicing across multiple domains

G Kibalya, J Serrat, JL Gorricho… - … on Network and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Machine Learning (ML) are envisioned as
possible techniques for the realization of a flexible and adaptive 5G network. ML will provide …

GNN-based hierarchical deep reinforcement learning for NFV-oriented online resource orchestration in elastic optical DCIs

B Li, Z Zhu - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) in elastic optical datacenter interconnections (EO-
DCIs) enables flexible and timely deployment of network services. However, as the service …

Demonstration of latency-aware and self-adaptive service chaining in 5G/SDN/NFV infrastructures

M Gharbaoui, C Contoli, G Davoli… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper will demonstrate an orchestration system for 5G infrastructure supporting latency-
minimized and self-adaptive service chaining over geographically distributed edge clouds …

[HTML][HTML] A genetic algorithm for vnf provisioning in nfv-enabled cloud/mec ran architectures

L Ruiz, RJ Durán, I De Miguel, PS Khodashenas… - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
5G technologies promise to bring new network and service capacities and are expected to
introduce significant architectural and service deployment transformations. The Cloud-Radio …