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 …

Cost-aware dynamic SFC mapping and scheduling in SDN/NFV-enabled space–air–ground-integrated networks for Internet of Vehicles

J Li, W Shi, H Wu, S Zhang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space–air–ground-integrated networks (SAGINs) are deemed as a promising solution to
support multifarious Internet of Vehicles (IoV) services with diversified Quality-of-Service …

Resource-ability assisted service function chain embedding and scheduling for 6G networks with virtualization

H Cao, J Du, H Zhao, DX Luo, N Kumar… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While 5G is being deployed all around the world, the industry and academia start the
investigation of 6G. Network function virtualization (NFV) is seen as the key enabler towards …

APPM: adaptive parallel processing mechanism for service function chains

J Cai, Z Huang, L Liao, J Luo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
By replacing traditional hardware-based middleboxes with software-based Virtual Network
Functions (VNFs) running on general-purpose servers, network function virtualization …

DRL-QOR: Deep reinforcement learning-based QoS/QoE-aware adaptive online orchestration in NFV-enabled networks

J Chen, J Chen, H Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Faced with fluctuating network traffic and unknown underlying network traffic dynamics,
developing an effective orchestration model with low network cost is still a critical issue in …

A scheduling-based dynamic fog computing framework for augmenting resource utilization

MR Hossain, M Whaiduzzaman, A Barros… - … Modelling Practice and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fog computing is one of the most important emerging paradigms in recent technological
development. It alleviates several limitations of cloud computing by bringing computation …

Self-learning multi-objective service coordination using deep reinforcement learning

S Schneider, R Khalili, A Manzoor… - … on Network and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern services consist of interconnected components, eg, microservices in a service mesh
or machine learning functions in a pipeline. These services can scale and run across …

Quality of service provisioning in network function virtualization: a survey

S Mostafavi, V Hakami, M Sanaei - Computing, 2021 - Springer
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising paradigm for network service
provisioning which decouples the network functions from the physical infrastructure …

Adaptive placement and routing for service function chains with service deadlines

Y Wang, CK Huang, SH Shen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) pushes the hardware-based network functions to
generic servers as software and brings a highly flexible for deployment. The availability of …

Dynamic virtual resource allocation mechanism for survivable services in emerging NFV-enabled vehicular networks

H Cao, H Zhao, DX Luo, N Kumar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) is an emerging aspect of the 5G vertical application.
Network function virtualization (NFV) is the key enabling technology of 5G and beyond 5G …