Metropolitan optical networks: A survey on single-layer architectures

LS de Sousa, AC Drummond - Optical Switching and Networking, 2023 - Elsevier
Metropolitan optical networks are undergoing significant transformations to continue being
able to provide services that meet the requirements of the applications of the future. The …

Towards optimal parallelism-aware service chaining and embedding

D Zheng, G Shen, X Cao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging 5G technologies can significantly reduce end-to-end service latency for
applications requiring strict quality of service (QoS). With network function virtualization …

[HTML][HTML] A novel strategy for vnf placement in edge computing environments

ALÉ Battisti, ELC Macedo, MIP Josué, H Barbalho… - Future Internet, 2022 - mdpi.com
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a novel technology that virtualizes computing,
network, and storage resources to decouple the network functions from the underlying …

End-to-end provisioning of latency and availability constrained 5G services

M Lashgari, L Wosinska, P Monti - IEEE Communications …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We address a key challenge of 5G networks by proposing a strategy for the resource-
efficient and end-to-end allocation of compute and connectivity resources in a dynamic 5G …

Availability-guaranteed service function chain provisioning with optional shared backups

IM Araújo, C Natalino, H Chen… - … Conference on the …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dynamic provisioning of Service Function Chain (SFC) using Virtual Network Functions
(VNFs) is a challenging problem, especially for availability-constrained services. The …

Joint admission control and resource allocation with parallel VNF processing for time-constrained chains of virtual network functions

S Kianpisheh, RH Glitho - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization decouples network function deployment from dedicated
hardware and reduces costs. Network services are structured as chains of VNFs. Each chain …

[HTML][HTML] Service function chaining to support ultra-low latency communication in NFV

MM Erbati, MM Tajiki, G Schiele - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Network function virtualization (NFV) has the potential to fundamentally transform
conventional network architecture through the decoupling of software from dedicated …

A scalable stateful approach for virtual security functions orchestration

N Moradi, A Shameli-Sendi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Previous works suggested different approaches to implementing service chaining. Their
goal is to enhance the performance of the middleboxes and satisfy the expectations of the …

A Complex Network and Evolutionary Game Theory Framework for 6G Function Placement

M Scatà, A La Corte, A Marotta… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Towards 6G, a key challenge lies in the placement of virtual network functions on physical
resources. This becomes complex due to the dynamic nature of mobile environments …

Towards self-adaptive bandwidth allocation for low-latency communications with reinforcement learning

L Ruan, MPI Dias, E Wong - Optical Switching and Networking, 2020 - Elsevier
Emerging applications such as remotely-controlled human-to-machine and tactile-haptic
applications in the Internet evolution demand stringent low-latency transmission. In realising …