A reliability-aware, delay guaranteed, and resource efficient placement of service function chains in softwarized 5G networks

PK Thiruvasagam, VJ Kotagi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) allows flexibility, scalability, agility, and easy
manageability of networks by leveraging the features of virtualization and cloud computing …

Reliable placement of service function chains and virtual monitoring functions with minimal cost in softwarized 5G networks

PK Thiruvasagam, A Chakraborty… - … on Network and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) allows softwarization of network functions and
enables to run network functions as Virtual Network Function (VNF) instances on top of the …

Reliable dynamic service chain scheduling in 5G networks

L Yang, J Jia, H Lin, J Cao - IEEE Transactions on Mobile …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a key enabler of future 5G network, Service Function Chain (SFC) forwards the traffic flow
along a chain of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) to provide network services flexibility. One …

Reliability-aware service function chain backup protection method

D Zhai, X Meng, Z Yu, X Han - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) decouples network functions from hardware, improves
the flexibility of resource allocation, and enhances network scalability. Any failures of …

Reliability-oriented and resource-efficient service function chain construction and backup

Y Wang, L Zhang, P Yu, K Chen, X Qiu… - … on Network and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the network function virtualization (NFV) environment, network services are usually
provided in the form of service function chains (SFCs), which defines the link order of virtual …

Reliability-aware dynamic service chain scheduling in 5G networks based on reinforcement learning

J Jia, L Yang, J Cao - IEEE INFOCOM 2021-IEEE Conference …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a key enabler of future 5G network, Service Function Chain (SFC) forwards the traffic flow
along a chain of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) to provide network services flexibility. One …

On improving service chains survivability through efficient backup provisioning

S Aidi, MF Zhani, Y Elkhatib - 2018 14th International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the growing adoption of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function
Virtualization (NFV), large-scale NFV infrastructure deployments are gaining momentum …

Application-and reliability-aware service function chaining to support low-latency applications in an NFV-enabled network

MM Erbati, G Schiele - 2021 IEEE Conference on Network …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Future network architectures supporting 5G, 6G, Internet of Things (IoT), and fixed line
networks face diverse service requirements in various scenarios, particularly by growing …

Availability-aware service chain composition and mapping in NFV-enabled networks

M Wang, B Cheng, S Zhao, B Li… - … Conference on Web …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology decouples network
functions from hardware. Network service in NFV is deployed as a service chain, also known …

Latency-aware service function chain placement in 5G mobile networks

D Harutyunyan, N Shahriar, R Boutaba… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The 5th generation mobile network (5G) is expected to support numerous services with
versatile quality of service (QoS) requirements such as high data rates and low end-to-end …