Constructing Service Function Chain Test Database: An Optimal Modeling Approach for Coordinated Resource Allocation
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2017.2780991
Abstract: Network function virtualization (NFV) has become an emerging issue in both academia and industry. By outsourcing network functions from dedicated hardware to virtualization platform, NFV promises to significantly improve the scalability and flexibility of network… read more here.
Keywords: modeling approach; service function; database; approach ... See more keywords
On Orchestrating Service Function Chains in 5G Mobile Network
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2895316
Abstract: As two of the key technologies of 5G, fog-based radio access network and network function virtualization have become an important direction for the radio network architecture evolution. Virtual network functions (VNFs) compose the service function… read more here.
Keywords: sfcs; service; service function; network ... See more keywords
Online Parallelized Service Function Chain Orchestration in Data Center Networks
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2930295
Abstract: In recent years, much attention has been focused on deploying service function chains (SFCs), each of which is composed of a set of virtual network functions (VNFs) in a specified order. This is a promising… read more here.
Keywords: service function; user; center networks; data center ... See more keywords
A Hybrid Learning Framework for Service Function Chaining Across Geo-Distributed Data Centers
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.3024135
Abstract: Service function chaining (SFC) focuses mainly on deploying various network functions in geographically distributed data centers and providing interconnect routing among them. Traditional (convex optimization-based) SFC algorithms exhibit some disadvantages on the scalability and accuracy.… read more here.
Keywords: drl; service function; distributed data; function chaining ... See more keywords
LISP-Based Integrated Control Plane Framework for Service Function Chaining in Distributed Edge Clouds
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3069974
Abstract: 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 efficient management of the network. Recently, as… read more here.
Keywords: service function; function chaining; service chain; integrated control ... See more keywords
Optimizing Service Function Chaining Migration With Explicit Dynamic Path
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3150352
Abstract: Network Function Virtualization (NFV) can support customized on- demand network services with flexibility and cost-efficiency. Virtual Network Function (VNF) instances need to be scaled out, scaled in, and reallocated across the NFV infrastructure (NFVI) to… read more here.
Keywords: migration explicit; network; service; service function ... See more keywords
Embedding Multicast Service Function Chains in NFV-Enabled Networks
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DOI: 10.1109/lcomm.2020.3044894
Abstract: In Network Function Virtualization (NFV), a multicast data flow must be traversed through a Service Function Chain (SFC) that is a predefined sequence of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). In this letter, we formulate the problem… read more here.
Keywords: multicast service; nfv enabled; service function; service ... See more keywords
Cross-Domain Service Function Chain Routing: Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Approaches
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DOI: 10.1109/tcsii.2022.3183345
Abstract: The service function chain (SFC) routing has been increasingly associated with multi-domain networks. However, several multi-domain SFC routing issues, linked to cross-domain interactions and emphasized by the heterogeneity of substrate topologies and administrative authorities, present… read more here.
Keywords: reinforcement learning; cross domain; function chain; domain ... See more keywords
Distributed Orchestration of Service Function Chains for Edge Intelligence in the Industrial Internet of Things
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DOI: 10.1109/tii.2021.3131757
Abstract: Network virtualization techniques are promising to overcome the obstacle of applying and expanding costly traditional networks in the industrial Internet of things (IIoT). Artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced distributed resource management in edge networks has aroused researchers’… read more here.
Keywords: service; service function; industrial internet; orchestration ... See more keywords
Service Function Chaining in Industrial Internet of Things With Edge Intelligence: A Natural Actor-Critic Approach
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DOI: 10.1109/tii.2022.3177415
Abstract: Owing to network function virtualization (NFV), each industrial application is constructed as a service function chain (SFC), concatenating the ordered service functions, to offer applications more flexibly in industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). When it… read more here.
Keywords: function; service; service function; industrial internet ... See more keywords
Latency and Mobility-Aware Service Function Chain Placement in 5G Networks
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DOI: 10.1109/tmc.2020.3028216
Abstract: 5G networks are expected to support numerous novel services and applications with versatile quality of service (QoS) requirements such as high data rates and low end-to-end (E2E) latency. It is widely agreed that E2E latency… read more here.
Keywords: service function; latency; service; function chain ... See more keywords