On dynamic service function chain deployment and readjustment

J Liu, W Lu, F Zhou, P Lu, Z Zhu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology to decouple the network
functions from dedicated hardware elements, leading to the significant cost reduction in …

Estimating VNF resource requirements using machine learning techniques

H Jmila, MI Khedher, MA El Yacoubi - … 14-18, 2017, Proceedings, Part I 24, 2017 - Springer
Resource Management in the network function virtualization (NFV) environment is a
challenging task. The continuously varying demands of virtual network functions (VNF) call …

Where resources meet at the edge

K Toczé, S Nadjm-Tehrani - 2017 IEEE International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Edge computing is a recent paradigm where network nodes are placed close to the end
users, at the edge of the network. Efficient management of resources within this …

Modelling the dependability in Network Function Virtualisation

W Lin - 2017 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
Network Function Virtualization has been brought up to allow the TSPs to have more
possibilities and flexibilities to provision services with better load optimizing, energy utilizing …