A comprehensive survey of network function virtualization

B Yi, X Wang, K Li, M Huang - Computer Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

Resource allocation in NFV: A comprehensive survey

JG Herrera, JF Botero - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network functions virtualization (NFV) is a new network architecture framework where
network function that traditionally used dedicated hardware (middleboxes or network …

Recent advances of resource allocation in network function virtualization

S Yang, F Li, S Trajanovski… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been emerging as an appealing solution that
transforms complex network functions from dedicated hardware implementations to software …

Deploying chains of virtual network functions: On the relation between link and server usage

TW Kuo, BH Liou, KCJ Lin… - IEEE/ACM Transactions On …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, network function virtualization has been proposed to transform from network
hardware appliances to software middleboxes. Normally, a demand needs to invoke several …

A service-oriented deployment policy of end-to-end network slicing based on complex network theory

W Guan, X Wen, L Wang, Z Lu, Y Shen - IEEE access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For fifth-generation wireless communication systems, network slicing has emerged as a key
concept to meet the diverse requirements of various use cases. By slicing an infrastructure …

A deep reinforcement learning approach for VNF forwarding graph embedding

PTA Quang, Y Hadjadj-Aoul… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and service orchestration simplify the deployment and
management of network and telecommunication services. The deployment of these services …

Ultra-reliable low-latency communications in autonomous vehicular networks

X Ge - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous vehicles are expected to emerge as a main trends in vehicle development over
the next decade. To support autonomous vehicles, ultra-reliable low-latency …

Dynamic radio resource slicing for a two-tier heterogeneous wireless network

Q Ye, W Zhuang, S Zhang, AL Jin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a dynamic radio resource slicing framework is presented for a two-tier
heterogeneous wireless network. Through software-defined networking-enabled wireless …

FH-ACO: Fuzzy heuristic-based ant colony optimization for joint virtual network function placement and routing

M Shokouhifar - Applied Soft Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a new networking paradigm, which replaces the
specific-purpose hardware appliances with software virtualization to perform network …

Space-air-ground integrated network resource allocation based on service function chain

P Zhang, P Yang, N Kumar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Future communication networksrequire higher bandwidth, greater coverage, and better
throughput. The Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network (SAGIN) has the advantage of wide …