Automatic performance-optimal offloading of network functions on programmable switches

X Chen, H Liu, D Zhang, Z Meng… - … on Cloud Computing, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In network function virtualization (NFV), network functions (NFs) are chained as a service
function chain (SFC) to enhance NF management with low cost and high flexibility. Recent …

LightNF: Simplifying network function offloading in programmable networks

X Chen, Q Huang, P Wang, Z Meng… - 2021 IEEE/ACM 29th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In network function virtualization (NFV), network functions (NFs) are chained as a service
function chain (SFC) to enhance NF management with high flexibility. Recent solutions …

P4SFC: Service function chain offloading with programmable switches

J Ma, S Xie, J Zhao - 2020 IEEE 39th International Performance …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A Service Function Chain (SFC) is an ordered sequence of network functions (NFs).
Software-based NFs in Network Function Virtualization (NFV) could introduce significant …

NFlow and MVT abstractions for NFV scaling

Z Wu, Y Zhang, W Feng… - IEEE INFOCOM 2022-IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability to dynamically scale in/out network functions (NFs) on multiple cores/servers to
meet traffic demands is a key benefit of network function virtualization (NFV). The stateful NF …

NFP: Enabling network function parallelism in NFV

C Sun, J Bi, Z Zheng, H Yu, H Hu - Proceedings of the Conference of the …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Software-based sequential service chains in Network Function Virtualization (NFV) could
introduce significant performance overhead. Current acceleration efforts for NFV mainly …

A disaggregated packet processing architecture for network function virtualization

SR Chowdhury, H Bian, T Bai… - IEEE Journal on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) promises to reduce the capital and operational
expenditure for network operators by moving packet processing from purpose-built …

SLA-NFV: An SLA-aware high performance framework for network function virtualization

C Sun, J Bi, Z Zheng, H Hu - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM SIGCOMM …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
We propose SLA-NFV, a Service Level Agreement (SLA) aware framework, for building high-
performance NFV, focusing on fulfilling SLAs of service subscribers (or tenants). SLA-NFV …

HYPER: A hybrid high-performance framework for network function virtualization

C Sun, J Bi, Z Zheng, H Hu - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) offers the potential for both enhancing service delivery
flexibility and reducing overall costs by virtualizing network functions that are traditionally …

An nsh-enabled architecture for virtualized network function platforms

VF Garcia, LC Marcuzzo, GV Souza, L Bondan… - … : Proceedings of the …, 2020 - Springer
The proper execution of Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) depends on the employment
of platforms specifically created to fulfill multiple Network Function Virtualization (NFV) …

Speedybox: Low-latency nfv service chains with cross-nf runtime consolidation

Y Jiang, Y Cui, W Wu, Z Xu, J Gu… - 2019 IEEE 39th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-based service chains in Network Function Virtualization (NFV) typically suffers high
processing latency. This latency grows as chain lengths increase and possibly violates …