Reducing the service function chain backup cost over the edge and cloud by a self-adapting scheme

X Shang, Y Huang, Z Liu, Y Yang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging virtual network functions (VNFs) bring new opportunities to network services on
the edge within customers' premises. Network services are realized by chained up VNFs …

Availability aware VNF deployment in datacenter through shared redundancy and multi-tenancy

D Li, P Hong, K Xue, J Pei - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
By means of network function virtualization (NFV), dedicated proprietary network devices
can be implemented as software and instantiated flexibly on common-off-the-shelf servers …

A framework for provisioning availability of NFV in data center networks

J Fan, M Jiang, O Rottenstreich, Y Zhao… - IEEE Journal on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization is a promising technique to greatly improve the effectiveness
and flexibility of network services through a process named service function chain (SFC) …

Reliability-aware virtualized network function services provisioning in mobile edge computing

M Huang, W Liang, X Shen, Y Ma… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Along with Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is
becoming a new computing paradigm that enables accommodating innovative applications …

Intelligent maritime networking with edge services and computing capability

X Su, L Meng, J Huang - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Maritime networks (MNs) typically cover tens to hundreds of kilometers, which can perform
global oceanic observations via the support of maritime low-latency applications. However …

Joint availability guarantee and resource optimization of virtual network function placement in data center networks

M Wang, B Cheng, J Chen - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology that decouples network
functions from the physical device on which they deployed. Network service in NFV is …

Availability-aware service chain composition and mapping in NFV-enabled networks

M Wang, B Cheng, S Zhao, B Li… - … Conference on Web …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology decouples network
functions from hardware. Network service in NFV is deployed as a service chain, also known …

Proactive deployment of chain-based VNF backup at the edge using online bandit learning

C Wang, Q Hu, D Yu, X Cheng - 2021 IEEE 41st International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emergence of mobile edge computing (MEC) empowers the popularity of resource-
consuming applications on edge devices, where virtual network functions (VNFs) are widely …

Reliability-aware virtual network function placement in carrier networks

L Fang, X Zhang, K Sood, Y Wang, S Yu - Journal of Network and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology that implements
Virtual Network Function (VNF) with software on general servers. Traffic needs to go through …

Improving reliability of service function chains with combined VNF migrations and replications

F Carpio, A Jukan - arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.08965, 2017 - arxiv.org
The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is enabling flexibility, programmability
and implementation of traditional network functions into generic hardware, in form of Virtual …