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 …

The multicommodity network flow problem: state of the art classification, applications, and solution methods

K Salimifard, S Bigharaz - Operational Research, 2022 - Springer
Over the past decades, the Multicommodity Network Flow (MCNF) problem has grown
popular in the academic literature and a growing number of researchers are interested in …

Holu: Power-aware and delay-constrained VNF placement and chaining

A Varasteh, B Madiwalar, A Van Bemten… - … on Network and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service function chains (SFCs) are an ordered set of virtual network functions (VNFs) which
can realize a specific network service. Enabled by virtualization technologies, these VNFs …

Traffic steering for service function chaining

H Hantouti, N Benamar, T Taleb… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic service function chaining (SFC) is a technique that facilitates the enforcement of
advanced services and differentiated traffic forwarding policies. It dynamically steers the …

Towards optimal parallelism-aware service chaining and embedding

D Zheng, G Shen, X Cao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging 5G technologies can significantly reduce end-to-end service latency for
applications requiring strict quality of service (QoS). With network function virtualization …

Towards latency optimization in hybrid service function chain composition and embedding

D Zheng, C Peng, X Liao, L Tian… - IEEE INFOCOM 2020 …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In Network Function Virtualization (NFV), to satisfy the Service Functions (SFs) requested by
a customer, service providers will composite a Service Function Chain (SFC) and embed it …

DRL-QOR: Deep reinforcement learning-based QoS/QoE-aware adaptive online orchestration in NFV-enabled networks

J Chen, J Chen, H Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Faced with fluctuating network traffic and unknown underlying network traffic dynamics,
develo** an effective orchestration model with low network cost is still a critical issue in …

NFV resource allocation: A systematic review and taxonomy of VNF forwarding graph embedding

F Schardong, I Nunes, A Schaeffer-Filho - Computer Networks, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The emergence of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) is drastically resha**
the arrangement of network functions. Instead of being built on dedicated hardware (network …

Robust service provisioning with service function chain requirements in mobile edge computing

J Li, W Liang, Y Ma - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technology, more and more mobile
users make use of virtual network services in Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) networks …

Joint placement and allocation of virtual network functions with budget and capacity constraints

G Sallam, B Ji - IEEE INFOCOM 2019-IEEE Conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), network services that traditionally
run on proprietary dedicated hardware can now be realized using Virtual Network Functions …