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 …

A survey on the placement of virtual network functions

J Sun, Y Zhang, F Liu, H Wang, X Xu, Y Li - Journal of Network and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dependence of traditional network functions (NFs) on special hardware results in high
capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operating expenditures (OPEX). Network Function …

Load-aware continuous-time optimization for multi-agent systems: Toward dynamic resource allocation and real-time adaptability

Q Wang, W Li, A Mohajer - Computer Networks, 2024 - Elsevier
In the realm of next-generation mobile communication networks, characterized by dynamic
and evolving workloads, the efficient resource allocation becomes paramount for achieving …

FOCAN: A Fog-supported smart city network architecture for management of applications in the Internet of Everything environments

PGV Naranjo, Z Pooranian, M Shojafar, M Conti… - Journal of parallel and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Smart city vision brings emerging heterogeneous communication technologies such as Fog
Computing (FC) together to substantially reduce the latency and energy consumption of …

Joint energy efficient and QoS-aware path allocation and VNF placement for service function chaining

MM Tajiki, S Salsano, L Chiaraviglio… - … on Network and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service function chaining (SFC) allows the forwarding of traffic flows along a chain of virtual
network functions (VNFs). Software defined networking (SDN) solutions can be used to …

Virtual network function placement optimization with deep reinforcement learning

R Solozabal, J Ceberio, A Sanchoyerto… - IEEE Journal on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) introduces a new network architecture framework that
evolves network functions, traditionally deployed over dedicated equipment, to software …

FH-ACO: Fuzzy heuristic-based ant colony optimization for joint virtual network function placement and routing

M Shokouhifar - Applied Soft Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
Network function virtualization (NFV) is a new networking paradigm, which replaces the
specific-purpose hardware appliances with software virtualization to perform network …

Service-oriented network resource orchestration in space-air-ground integrated network

J He, N Cheng, Z Yin, C Zhou, H Zhou… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGINs) are envisioned to provide seamless
coverage and enhanced flexibility compared with traditional terrestrial mobile networks …

Age of information aware VNF scheduling in industrial IoT using deep reinforcement learning

M Akbari, MR Abedi, R Joda… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In delay-sensitive industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, the age of information (AoI)
is employed to characterize the freshness of information. Meanwhile, the emerging network …

Optimal network function virtualization and service function chaining: A survey

G Mirjalily, Z Luo - Chinese Journal of Electronics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Network function virtualization (NFV) and Service function chaining (SFC) can fulfill the
traditional network functions by simply running special softwares on general‐purpose …