A comprehensive survey of network function virtualization

B Yi, X Wang, K Li, M Huang - Computer Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

Integrated NFV/SDN architectures: A systematic literature review

MS Bonfim, KL Dias, SFL Fernandes - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2019 - dl.acm.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are new
paradigms in the move towards open software and network hardware. While NFV aims to …

The unavoidable convergence of NFV, 5G, and fog: a model-driven approach to bridge cloud and edge

F Van Lingen, M Yannuzzi, A Jain… - IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The interplay between cloud and fog computing is crucial for the evolution of IoT, but the
reach and specification of such interplay is an open problem. Meanwhile, the advances …

Necklace: An architecture for distributed and robust service function chains with guarantees

F Esposito, M Mushtaq, M Berno… - … on Network and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The service function chaining paradigm links ordered service functions via network
virtualization, in support of applications with severe network constraints. To provide wide …

[BOOK][B] Heterogeneous computing architectures: Challenges and vision

O Terzo, K Djemame, A Scionti, C Pezuela - 2019 - books.google.com
Heterogeneous Computing Architectures: Challenges and Vision provides an updated
vision of the state-of-the-art of heterogeneous computing systems, covering all the aspects …

Introducing development features for virtualized network services

S Van Rossem, W Tavernier, D Colle… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network virtualization and softwarizing network functions are trends aiming at higher
network efficiency, cost reduction and agility. They are driven by the evolution in Software …

[HTML][HTML] Reinforcement learning-based computation offloading in edge computing: Principles, methods, challenges

Z Luo, X Dai - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of mobile communication technologies and Internet of Things
(IoT) devices, Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) has become one of the most potential …

End-to-end service orchestration across SDN and cloud computing domains

R Bonafiglia, G Castellano, I Cerrato… - 2017 IEEE Conference …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an open-source orchestration framework that deploys end-to-end
services across OpenStack-managed data centers and SDN networks controlled either by …

An overview of the security landscape of virtual mobile networks

I Ahmad, J Pinola, I Harjula, J Suomalainen… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G enables the use of different types of services over the same physical infrastructure
through the concepts and technologies of virtualization, softwarization, network slicing and …

Transparent optimization of inter-virtual network function communication in open vSwitch

MV Bernal, I Cerrato, F Risso… - 2016 5th IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an architecture that can optimize inter-VM communication in an NFV
environment through the creation of direct channels between virtual machines. Particularly …