On orchestrating service function chains in 5G mobile network

D Zhao, J Ren, R Lin, S Xu, V Chang - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As two of the key technologies of 5G, fog-based radio access network and network function
virtualization have become an important direction for the radio network architecture …

Latency-aware service function chain placement in 5G mobile networks

D Harutyunyan, N Shahriar, R Boutaba… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The 5th generation mobile network (5G) is expected to support numerous services with
versatile quality of service (QoS) requirements such as high data rates and low end-to-end …

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 …

Service function chaining in 5G & beyond networks: Challenges and open research issues

H Hantouti, N Benamar, T Taleb - IEEE Network, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service Function Chaining (SFC) is a trending paradigm, which has helped to introduce
unseen flexibility in telecom networks. Network service providers, as well as big network …

Mobility-aware service function chaining in 5G wireless networks with mobile edge computing

YT Chen, W Liao - ICC 2019-2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The incorporation of Virtual Network Function (VNF)/Service Function Chaining (SFC) and
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) allows 5G networks to deliver a variety of services and …

Mobile-aware service function chain migration in cloud–fog computing

D Zhao, G Sun, D Liao, S Xu, V Chang - Future Generation Computer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) provides a good paradigm for sharing the
resources of the physical network. The deployment problem of Service Function Chains …

Latency and mobility–aware service function chain placement in 5G networks

D Harutyunyan, N Shahriar, R Boutaba… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G networks are expected to support numerous novel services and applications with
versatile quality of service (QoS) requirements such as high data rates and low end-to-end …

An approach for service function chain reconfiguration in network function virtualization architectures

Y Liu, H Lu, X Li, D Zhao - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) technology continues gaining attention as a paradigm
shift, and telecommunication services can be flexibly deployed and managed, resulting in …

Service function chain mapping with resource fragmentation avoidance

Z Zhu, H Lu, J Li, X Jiang - GLOBECOM 2017-2017 IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the context of Service Function Chain (SFC), SFC Mapping (SFCM) problem has a
decisive impact on the resource utilization efficiency of physical networks, where node …

Adaptive service function chaining mappings in 5G using deep Q-learning

G Li, B Feng, H Zhou, Y Zhang, K Sood, S Yu - Computer Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract With introduction of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions
Virtualization (NFV) technologies, mobile network operators are able to provide on-demand …