Service function chaining, which provides a sequential set of multiple services in an end-to-
end communication path, is a key technology for providing better service quality to users and …

Re-architecting mobile network functions and central office is one of the hottest topics of
software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV). It is known as …

Network slicing is considered as a promising approach to bring flexible overlay services to
end users, especially in the emerging 5G networks. Vertical network slices have been …

We present a generic multi-agent deep reinforcement learning framework for dynamic multi-
domain service provisioning in large-scale networks. We formulate both the assignment of a …

The fifth generation of mobile networks (5G) brings an evolution of network service
provisioning through a new communication paradigm, which enables the development of …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) can help telecom operators to decouple Service
Functions (SFs) from specific hardware. Service Function Chains (SFCs) consisting of Virtual …

Flow updates are common in today's networks, and software-defined networking (SDN)
enables network operators to reconfigure switches for updating flows easily. However, the …

Animal husbandry is the pillar industry in some ethnic areas of China. However, the
communication/networking infrastructure in these areas is often underdeveloped, thus the …

Motivated by multi-domain Service Function Chain (SFC) orchestration, we define the
Shortest-Longest Path (SLP) problem, prove its hardness, and design an efficient Fully …

Service function chaining of network-functions across multiple domains enables next-
generation services to be offered efficiently. Multi-domain orchestrator decouples the …