Recent advances of resource allocation in network function virtualization

S Yang, F Li, S Trajanovski… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been emerging as an appealing solution that
transforms complex network functions from dedicated hardware implementations to software …

Service function chain placement in distributed scenarios: a systematic review

GL Santos, DF Bezerra, ES Rocha, L Ferreira… - Journal of Network and …, 2022 - Springer
The network function virtualization (NFV) paradigm is an emerging technology that provides
network flexibility by allowing the allocation of network functions over commodity hardware …

Forecast-assisted service function chain dynamic deployment for SDN/NFV-enabled cloud management systems

J Zhang, Y Liu, Z Li, Y Lu - IEEE Systems Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-defined network (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) are
acknowledged as the most promising technologies to effectively allocate resource for …

Cost-efficient VNF placement and scheduling in public cloud networks

T Gao, X Li, Y Wu, W Zou, S Huang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Following successful adoption of cloud computing, many service providers (SPs) are now
using high-performance Virtual Machines (VMs) located in large datacenters owned by …

Delay-sensitive and availability-aware virtual network function scheduling for NFV

S Yang, F Li, R Yahyapour, X Fu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been emerging as an appealing solution that
transforms from dedicated hardware implementations to software instances running in a …

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 …

Efficient instance reuse approach for service function chain placement in mobile edge computing

S Zhang, W Jia, Z Tang, J Lou, W Zhao - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
The combination of mobile edge computing and network function virtualization has led to the
emergence of Virtualized Network Function (VNF) in a broader range of application …

Optimizing the cloud resources, bandwidth and deployment costs in multi-providers network function virtualization environment

V Eramo, FG Lavacca - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The introduction of network function virtualization (NFV) leads to a new business model in
which the Telecommunication Service Provider needs to rent cloud resources to …

Proposal and investigation of a reconfiguration cost aware policy for resource allocation in multi-provider NFV infrastructures interconnected by elastic optical …

V Eramo, FG Lavacca - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes and investigates a reconfiguration policy of cloud and bandwidth
resources in network function virtualization environments in which the network function …

Network slice reconfiguration with deep reinforcement learning under variable number of service function chains

K Tokuda, T Sato, E Oki - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Network slicing has been attracting attention as a technology for providing flexible services
while satisfying a wide variety of service requirements. On the network slice, individual …