Towards low-latency service delivery in a continuum of virtual resources: State-of-the-art and research directions

J Santos, T Wauters, B Volckaert… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The advent of softwarized networks has enabled the deployment of chains of virtual network
and service components on computational resources from the cloud up to the edge, creating …

Software-defined cloud computing: A systematic review on latest trends and developments

AA Abbasi, A Abbasi, S Shamshirband… - Ieee …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud computing concepts offer effective and efficient tools for addressing resource-hungry
computational problems. While conventional methods, architectures, and processing …

Optimal VNF placement via deep reinforcement learning in SDN/NFV-enabled networks

J Pei, P Hong, M Pan, J Liu… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging paradigm-Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function
Virtualization (NFV)-makes it feasible and scalable to run Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) …

Dynamic task offloading and resource allocation for mobile-edge computing in dense cloud RAN

Q Zhang, L Gui, F Hou, J Chen, S Zhu… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the unprecedented development of smart mobile devices (SMDs), eg, Internet-of-
Things devices and smartphones, various computation-intensive applications are …

Artificial intelligence implication on energy sustainability in Internet of Things: A survey

N Charef, AB Mnaouer, M Aloqaily, O Bouachir… - Information Processing …, 2023 - Elsevier
The massive number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to the Internet is
continuously increasing. The operations of these devices rely on consuming huge amounts …

Making a case for federated learning in the internet of vehicles and intelligent transportation systems

DM Manias, A Shami - IEEE network, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the incoming introduction of 5G networks and the advancement in technologies such as
network function virtualization and software defined networking, new and emerging …

EdgeGYM: a reinforcement learning environment for constraint-aware NFV resource allocation

J Su, S Nair, L Popokh - … 2nd International Conference on AI in …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimizing resource allocation in Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) deployment
remains a challenging problem due to the complex interactions between network functions …

UAV-aided ultra-reliable low-latency computation offloading in future IoT networks

E El Haber, HA Alameddine, C Assi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern 5G services with stringent reliability and latency requirements such as smart
healthcare and industrial automation have become possible through the advancement of …

Reducing latency in virtual machines: Enabling tactile Internet for human-machine co-working

Z Xiang, F Gabriel, E Urbano… - IEEE Journal on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) processed in
multi-access edge computing (MEC) cloud systems have been proposed as critical …

Intelligent VNF orchestration and flow scheduling via model-assisted deep reinforcement learning

L Gu, D Zeng, W Li, S Guo… - IEEE Journal on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hosting virtualized network functions (VNF) has been regarded as an effective way to realize
network function virtualization (NFV). Considering the cost diversity in cloud computing, from …