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 …

Provably efficient algorithms for placement of service function chains with ordering constraints

A Tomassilli, F Giroire, N Huin… - IEEE INFOCOM 2018 …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A Service Function Chain (SFC) is an ordered sequence of network functions, such as load
balancing, content filtering, and firewall. With the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) …

Optimal orchestration of virtual network functions

M Gao, B Addis, M Bouet, S Secci - Computer Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The emergence of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is bringing a set of novel
algorithmic challenges in the operation of communication networks. NFV introduces volatility …

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 …

Service chain provisioning with sub-chain-enabled coordinated protection to satisfy availability requirements

Y Zhang, F He, E Oki - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a sub-chain-enabled coordinated protection model for the availability-
guaranteed service function chain (SFC) provisioning, which considers the availability of …

Scheduling of low latency services in softwarized networks

HA Alameddine, MHK Tushar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth generation (5G) networks are expected to support diverse business verticals (ie,
manufacturing, health care, etc.) with varying quality of service requirements. While today's …

Multi-provider and multi-domain resource orchestration in network functions virtualization

TM Pham, HN Chu - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Resource orchestration has a major impact on improving the performance of network
services and reducing the system cost composed of both capital expenditures and …

Routing via functions in virtual networks: The curse of choices

TM Nguyen, A Girard, C Rosenberg… - IEEE/ACM Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An important evolution of the users' needs is represented by the on-demand access to the
network, storage, and compute resources in order to dynamically match the level of resource …

Optimizing resource utilization in NFV dynamic systems: New exact and heuristic approaches

TM Nguyen, M Minoux, S Fdida - Computer Networks, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) orchestration and management have
attracted a lot of attention in recent years as it provides new opportunities regarding …

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 …