A comprehensive survey of network function virtualization

B Yi, X Wang, K Li, M Huang - Computer Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

How can edge computing benefit from software-defined networking: A survey, use cases, and future directions

AC Baktir, A Ozgovde, C Ersoy - IEEE Communications Surveys …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel paradigm that changes the scene for the modern communication and computation
systems is the Edge Computing. It is not a coincidence that terms like Mobile Cloud …

QoE management of multimedia streaming services in future networks: A tutorial and survey

AA Barakabitze, N Barman, A Ahmad… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The highly demanding Over-The-Top (OTT) multimedia applications pose increased
challenges to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for assuring a reasonable Quality of …

Integrated NFV/SDN architectures: A systematic literature review

MS Bonfim, KL Dias, SFL Fernandes - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2019 - dl.acm.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are new
paradigms in the move towards open software and network hardware. While NFV aims to …

Multi-layered intrusion detection and prevention in the SDN/NFV enabled cloud of 5G networks using AI-based defense mechanisms

IH Abdulqadder, S Zhou, D Zou, IT Aziz, SMA Akber - Computer Networks, 2020 - Elsevier
Software defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV), and cloud
computing are receiving significant attention in 5G networks. However, this attention creates …

5G-crosshaul network slicing: Enabling multi-tenancy in mobile transport networks

X Li, R Casellas, G Landi, A de la Oliva… - IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G requires a redesign of transport networks in order to feed the increasingly bandwidth
hungry radio access networks and to benefit from the performance/cost efficiency provided …

Service orchestration in fog environments

K Velasquez, DP Abreu, D Goncalves… - 2017 IEEE 5th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new era of automated services has permeated user's daily lives thanks to paradigms such
as Smart City and the Internet of Things. This shift from traditional applications is possible …

Pricing and resource allocation optimization for IoT fog computing and NFV: An EPEC and matching based perspective

N Raveendran, H Zhang, L Song… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The number of devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) is growing at an enormous
rate globally. In the next generation networks, distributed fog computing deployments at the …

Future cloud systems design: challenges and research directions

A Taherkordi, F Zahid, Y Verginadis, G Horn - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud computing has been recognized as the de facto utility computing standard for hosting
and delivering services over the Internet. Cloud platforms are being rapidly adopted by …

On orchestrating service function chains in 5G mobile network

D Zhao, J Ren, R Lin, S Xu, V Chang - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As two of the key technologies of 5G, fog-based radio access network and network function
virtualization have become an important direction for the radio network architecture …