Aerospace integrated networks innovation for empowering 6G: A survey and future challenges

D Zhou, M Sheng, J Li, Z Han - IEEE Communications Surveys …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ever-increasing demand for ubiquitous and differentiated services at anytime and
anywhere emphasizes the necessity of aerospace integrated networks (AINs) which consist …

[HTML][HTML] Software defined satellite networks: A survey

W Jiang - Digital Communications and Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, satellite networks have been proposed as an essential part of next-
generation mobile communication systems. Software defined networking techniques are …

Convergence of satellite and terrestrial networks: A comprehensive survey

P Wang, J Zhang, X Zhang, Z Yan, BG Evans… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The explosive growth of various services boosts the innovation and development in
terrestrial communication systems for the implementation of the next generation mobile …

Dynamic resource allocation for virtual network function placement in satellite edge clouds

X Gao, R Liu, A Kaushik… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Satellite edge computing has become a promising way to provide computing services for
Internet of Things (IoT) users in remote areas, which are out of the coverage of terrestrial …

Endogenous trusted DRL-based service function chain orchestration for IoT

S Guo, Y Qi, Y **, W Li, X Qiu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the development of the Internet of Things, trust has become a limited factor in the
integration of heterogeneous IoT networks. In this regard, we use the combination of …

Joint network function placement and routing optimization in dynamic software-defined satellite-terrestrial integrated networks

S Yuan, Y Sun, M Peng - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-defined satellite-terrestrial integrated networks (SDSTNs) are seen as a promising
paradigm for achieving high resource flexibility and global communication coverage …

A survey on distributed NFV multi-domain orchestration from an algorithmic functional perspective

JC Cisneros, S Yangui… - IEEE Communications …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Under the network function virtualization multi-domain orchestration approach, many service
providers jointly manage the life cycle of network services composed of virtual network …

GDM: A general distributed method for cross-domain service function chain embedding

Y Liu, H Zhang, D Chang, H Hu - IEEE Transactions on Network …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging technologies such as network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined
networking (SDN) provide a promising way to implement service function chain (SFC), a …

Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning algorithm with self-adaption division strategy for VNF-SC deployment in SDN/NFV-Enabled Networks

H Xuan, Y Zhou, X Zhao, Z Liu - Applied Soft Computing, 2023 - Elsevier
Network function virtualization can decouple the traditional network function from the
dedicated hardware, abstracts the software-based virtual network function from the …

Service Function Chain Deployment Algorithm Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning in Space–Air–Ground Integrated Network

X Feng, M He, L Zhuang, Y Song, R Peng - Future Internet, 2024 - mdpi.com
SAGIN is formed by the fusion of ground networks and aircraft networks. It breaks through
the limitation of communication, which cannot cover the whole world, bringing new …