Towards resource-efficient service function chain deployment in cloud-fog computing

D Zhao, D Liao, G Sun, S Xu - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most studies on network function virtualization are based on cloud computing environments.
Fog computing has been proposed as a supplement to cloud computing. When deploying …

Cascade phenomenon against subsequent failures in complex networks

ZY Jiang, ZQ Liu, X He, JF Ma - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cascade phenomenon may lead to catastrophic disasters which extremely imperil the
network safety or security in various complex systems such as communication networks …

Hierarchical CORD for NFV datacenters: resource allocation with cost-latency tradeoff

YD Lin, CC Wang, CY Huang, YC Lai - IEEE Network, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) allows datacenters to consolidate network appliance
functions onto commodity servers and devices. Currently telecommunication carriers are re …

Autonomic mobile virtual network operators for future generation networks

F Granelli, R Bassoli - IEEE Network, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The effort of telecommunications operators in 5G design and implementation is oriented to
effective and efficient verticals support. Full network softwarization will deploy tools such as …

Vision and enabling technologies of tactile internet realization

ZS Bojkovic, BM Bakmaz… - 2017 13th International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tactile Internet is an emerging paradigm of the next generation mobile networks (5G and
beyond). Conceptually designed to respond to the most complex requirements of ultra-low …

Finding key node sets in complex networks based on improved discrete fireworks algorithm

F Liu, B Xiao, H Li - Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, 2021 - Springer
Finding out the key node sets that affect network robustness has great practical significance
for network protection and network disintegration. In this paper, the problem of finding key …

VNF placement strategy for availability and reliability of network services in NFV

Y Alahmad, A Agarwal - 2019 Sixth International Conference …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a new networking platform for fast and economic
provisioning of Network Services (NSs) to the end users. NS in NFV is provided through a …

Near-optimal robust virtual controller placement in 5G software defined networks

E Tohidi, S Parsaeefard, MA Maddah-Ali… - … on Network Science …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fifth generation (5G) wireless networksare characterized by applying the software defined
networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) concepts to provide higher …

Robustness evaluation for real traffic network from complex network perspective

L Fan, Z Jiang, Q Wang - International Journal of Modern Physics C, 2021 - World Scientific
Robustness is a critical characteristic of ubiquitous real networked systems which are often
very vulnerable to the random failures or targeted attacks. In this work, we aim to evaluate …

DeepPR: Progressive recovery for interdependent VNFs with deep reinforcement learning

G Ishigaki, S Devic, R Gour… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing demand for diverse network services entails more flexible networks that are
realized by virtualized network equipment and functions. When such advanced network …