A systematic survey of industrial Internet of Things security: Requirements and fog computing opportunities

K Tange, M De Donno, X Fafoutis… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A key application of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm lies within industrial contexts.
Indeed, the emerging Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), commonly referred to as Industry …

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 …

Age of information aware VNF scheduling in industrial IoT using deep reinforcement learning

M Akbari, MR Abedi, R Joda… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In delay-sensitive industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, the age of information (AoI)
is employed to characterize the freshness of information. Meanwhile, the emerging network …

Service function chaining in industrial Internet of Things with edge intelligence: A natural actor-critic approach

J Li, R Wang, K Wang - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Owing to network function virtualization (NFV), each industrial application is constructed as a
service function chain (SFC), concatenating the ordered service functions, to offer …

Cloud–Edge collaborative SFC mapping for industrial IoT using deep reinforcement learning

S Xu, Y Li, S Guo, C Lei, D Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and 5G have been served as the key elements to
support the reliable and efficient operation of Industry 4.0. By integrating burgeoning …

Next-generation wireless solutions for the smart factory, smart vehicles, the smart grid and smart cities

TM Ho, TD Tran, TT Nguyen, SM Kazmi, LB Le… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
5G wireless systems will extend mobile communication services beyond mobile telephony,
mobile broadband, and massive machine-type communication into new application …

A genetic algorithm approach for service function chain placement in 5G and beyond, virtualized edge networks

L Magoula, S Barmpounakis, I Stavrakakis… - Computer Networks, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is already considered as a structural enabler
of today's networking technology and particularly the 5th Generation of Broadband and …

Study of virtual network function placement in 5G cloud radio access network

ST Arzo, R Bassoli, F Granelli… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G and beyond need to meet stringent requirements of latency, reliability, and support for
heterogeneous devices. However, the existing wireless network architecture is limited to …

Towards a systematic survey of industrial IoT security requirements: Research method and quantitative analysis

K Tange, M De Donno, X Fafoutis… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Industry 4.0 and, in particular, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) represent two of the major
automation and data exchange trends of the 21st century, driving a steady increase in the …

Deep reinforcement learning for securing software-defined industrial networks with distributed control plane

J Wang, J Liu, H Guo, B Mao - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of software-defined industrial networks (SDIN) promotes the
programmability and customizability of the industrial networks and is suitable to cope with …