Server placement and assignment in virtualized radio access networks

R Mijumbi, J Serrat, JL Gorricho… - … on network and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The virtualization of Radio Access Networks (RANs) has been proposed as one of the
important use cases of Network Function Virtualization (NFV). In Virtualized Radio Access …

Placement and scheduling of functions in network function virtualization

R Mijumbi - arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.00217, 2015 - arxiv.org
The virtualization of Radio Access Networks (RANs) has been proposed as one of the
important use cases of Network Function Virtualization (NFV). In VRAN! s (VRAN! s), some …

Virtual network functions orchestration in wireless networks

R Riggio, A Bradai, T Rasheed… - … on network and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is emerging as one of the most innovative concepts in
the networking landscape. By migrating network functions from dedicated mid-dleboxes to …

Efficient virtual network function placement strategies for cloud radio access networks

D Bhamare, A Erbad, R Jain, M Zolanvari… - Computer …, 2018 - Elsevier
The new generation of 5G mobile services place stringent requirements for cellular network
operators in terms of latency and costs. The latest trend in radio access networks (RANs) is …

Scheduling wireless virtual networks functions

R Riggio, A Bradai, D Harutyunyan… - … on network and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) sits firmly on the networking evolutionary path. By
migrating network functions from dedicated devices to general purpose computing platforms …

PlaceRAN: Optimal placement of virtualized network functions in beyond 5G radio access networks

FZ Morais, GMF de Almeida, L Pinto… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth-generation mobile evolution introduces Next-Generation Radio Access Networks
(NG-RAN), splitting the RAN protocol stack into the eight disaggregated options combined …

VNF modeling towards the Cloud-RAN implementation

VQ Rodriguez, F Guillemin - 2017 International Conference on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We address in this paper the problem of modeling Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) in order
to devise execution principles. We specifically represent a VNF as a chain of sub-functions …

On the optimization of multi-cloud virtualized radio access networks

FW Murti, A Garcia-Saavedra… - ICC 2020-2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study the important and challenging problem of virtualized radio access network (vRAN)
design in its most general form. We develop an optimization framework that decides the …

A dynamic allocation algorithm for physical carrier resource in BBU pool of virtualized wireless network

G Lu, C Liu, L Li, Q Yuan - 2015 International Conference on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to deal with the rapid growth of mobile data traffic and reduce the infrastructure
capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expense (OPEX), C-RAN is introduced into …

Study of virtual network function placement in 5G cloud radio access network

ST Arzo, R Bassoli, F Granelli… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G and beyond need to meet stringent requirements of latency, reliability, and support for
heterogeneous devices. However, the existing wireless network architecture is limited to …