A survey on virtual network functions for media streaming: Solutions and future challenges

R Viola, Á Martín, M Zorrilla, J Montalbán… - ACM Computing …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Media services must ensure an enhanced user's perceived quality during content playback
to attract and retain audiences, especially while the streams are distributed remotely via …

AI/ML for beyond 5G systems: Concepts, technology enablers & solutions

T Taleb, C Benzaïd, RA Addad, K Samdanis - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract 5G brought an evolution on the network architecture employing the service-based
paradigm, enabling flexibility in realizing customized services across different technology …

Knowledge defined networks on the edge for service function chaining and reactive traffic steering

A Rafiq, S Rehman, R Young, WC Song, MA Khan… - Cluster …, 2023 - Springer
Emerging technologies such as network function virtualization and software-defined
networking (SDN) have made a phenomenal breakthrough in network management by …

QoE-aware Dynamic Resource Management in Future Softwarized and Virtualized Networks

AA Barakabitze, IH Mkwawa, A Hines, R Walshe - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advent of multimedia streaming services such as 4K/8K and extended reality,
managing and optimizing multimedia service delivery to end-users remains a challenge for …

Online learning for failure-aware edge backup of service function chains with the minimum latency

C Wang, Q Hu, D Yu, X Cheng - IEEE/ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual network functions (VNFs) have been widely deployed in mobile edge computing
(MEC) to flexibly and efficiently serve end users running resource-intensive applications …

A PSO-SVR Based Resource Allocation Approach for Network Function Virtualization

R Roque, R Paula, D Bezerra… - 2023 IEEE Latin …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) provides data centers with the required
programmability, flexibility, and manageability. Resource allocation of Virtual Network …

Evaluating the Performance of Machine Learning Models for Dynamic Resource Allocation in NFV

G Gamal, M Al-Shaikh, MA Saeed… - … on Emerging Smart …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging architecture that leverages
virtualization technology to decouple software from hardware. The management of virtual …

A Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithm to Project Portfolio Selection Problem

H Chen, Y Dou, Z Chen, Q Jia… - 2023 5th International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Project construction and development are an important part of the development of any large
organization. The most critical issue for decision-makers is how to select the right projects …

Efficient VNF-FG Scaling Algorithm for 5G Network Slices

X Chai, Y Wang, M Zhang… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While meeting the needs of network traffic, dynamic deployment of VNF is the key to cost
optimization of NFV system. In addition to considering server resource capacity and dynamic …