Looking glass of NFV: Inferring the structure and state of NFV network from external observations

Y Lin, T He, S Wang, K Chan… - IEEE/ACM Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid development of network function virtualization (NFV) enables a communication
network to provide in-network services using virtual network functions (VNFs) deployed on …

Nfv-inspector: A systematic approach to profile and analyze virtual network functions

MG Khan, S Bastani, J Taheri… - 2018 IEEE 7th …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) focuses on decoupling network functions from
proprietary hardware (ie, middleboxes) by leveraging virtualization technology. Combining it …

Probius: Automated approach for VNF and service chain analysis in software-defined NFV

J Nam, J Seo, S Shin - Proceedings of the Symposium on SDN …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
As the complexity of modern networks increases, virtualization techniques, such as software-
defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV), get highlighted to …

Topology-aware prediction of virtual network function resource requirements

R Mijumbi, S Hasija, S Davy, A Davy… - … on Network and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network functions virtualization (NFV) continues to gain attention as a paradigm shift in the
way telecommunications services are deployed and managed. By separating network …

Branching-aware service function placement and routing in network function virtualization

M Jalalitabar, Y Wang, X Cao - 2019 IEEE Conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology that promises to address
issues in traditional middleboxes, providing service flexibility and reduced cost. NFV …

Automated analysis and profiling of virtual network functions: the nfv-inspector approach

MG Khan, J Taheri, A Kassler… - 2018 IEEE Conference …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Discovering insights about Virtual Network Function (VNFs) resource demand
characteristics will enable cloud vendors to optimize their underlying Network Function …

A model for quantifying performance degradation in virtual network function service chains

RJ Pfitscher, AS Jacobs, EJ Scheid… - NOMS 2018-2018 …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) can be chained and provisioned on demand, providing
elasticity and dynamicity to the network. Due to the interdependencies between VNFs …

VBaaS: VNF benchmark-as-a-service

RV Rosa, CE Rothenberg… - 2015 Fourth European …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
When rolling out Network Function Virtualization (NFV) services, resource monitoring
becomes a critical task subject to different cost-accuracy tradeoffs depending on whether …

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 …

Machine learning-driven scaling and placement of virtual network functions at the network edges

T Subramanya, R Riggio - 2019 IEEE Conference on network …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization is a promising technology that proposes to decouple the
network functions from their underlying hardware and transform them into software entities …