A survey on the placement of virtual network functions

J Sun, Y Zhang, F Liu, H Wang, X Xu, Y Li - Journal of Network and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dependence of traditional network functions (NFs) on special hardware results in high
capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operating expenditures (OPEX). Network Function …

NFV resource allocation: A systematic review and taxonomy of VNF forwarding graph embedding

F Schardong, I Nunes, A Schaeffer-Filho - Computer Networks, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The emergence of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) is drastically reshaping
the arrangement of network functions. Instead of being built on dedicated hardware (network …

Service function chain placement in distributed scenarios: a systematic review

GL Santos, DF Bezerra, ES Rocha, L Ferreira… - Journal of Network and …, 2022 - Springer
The network function virtualization (NFV) paradigm is an emerging technology that provides
network flexibility by allowing the allocation of network functions over commodity hardware …

Optimal placement of virtual network functions in software defined networks: A survey

S Demirci, S Sagiroglu - Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are
the latest promising technologies introduced with the goal of making networks more flexible …

Cost-efficient virtual network function placement and traffic steering

Y Liu, J Pei, P Hong, D Li - ICC 2019-2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Benefiting from Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Service Function Chain (SFC) that is
composed of a set of ordered Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) has become a popular …

The P-ART framework for placement of virtual network services in a multi-cloud environment

L Gupta, R Jain, A Erbad, D Bhamare - Computer Communications, 2019 - Elsevier
Carriers' network services are distributed, dynamic, and investment intensive. Deploying
them as virtual network services (VNS) brings the promise of low-cost agile deployments …

Availability-aware and energy-aware dynamic SFC placement using reinforcement learning

GL Santos, T Lynn, J Kelner, PT Endo - The Journal of Supercomputing, 2021 - Springer
Software-defined networking and network functions virtualisation are making networks
programmable and consequently much more flexible and agile. To meet service-level …

[PDF][PDF] MEC 中基于改进遗传模拟退火算法的虚拟网络功能部署策略.

陈卓, 冯钢, 刘怡静, 周杨 - Journal on Communication …, 2020 - infocomm-journal.com
为了有效改善多集群共存的移动边缘网络中业务流端到端服务时延, 提出了一种基于改进遗传
模拟退火算法的虚拟网络功能部署策略. 通过开放Jackson 排队网络对移动业务流的时延进行最 …

Delay-aware NFV resource allocation with deep reinforcement learning

N Yuan, W He, J Shen, X Qiu, S Guo… - NOMS 2020-2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) can support flexible services provisioning in form of
Service Function Chains (SFCs) consisting of ordered Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) …

SPIDER: An availability‐aware framework for the service function chain placement in distributed scenarios

GL Santos, PT Endo, D Sadok… - Software: Practice and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The network function virtualization (NFV) paradigm replaces hardware‐dependent network
functions by virtual network functions (VNFs) that can be deployed in commodity hardware …