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SFC-HO: Reliable Layered Service Function Chaining

IEEE Access, 2022
Network function virtualization (NFV) utilizes IT virtualization technology to realize the functions of various network devices and realize the decoupling of hardware and software functions.
Xuanzhe Chen, Jinhe Zhou, Songlin Wei
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Task-Similarity-Based VNF Aggregation for Air–Ground Integrated Networks [PDF]

Sensors, 2023
In a harsh environment, function aggregation of air–ground integrated network service function chaining (SFC) deployment can easily cause network load imbalance, which affects the network security and reliability.
Mingfeng Chen, Qiyong Chen, Zhaoyu Su, Shaohua Sun, Chunhai Li   +4 more
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SFC Path Tracer: A troubleshooting tool for Service Function Chaining [PDF]

2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), 2017
Service Function Chaining (SFC) is a prominent research field in networking with several proposals from industry and academia. The lack of tools to check SFC path correctness forces network operators to spend a significant effort in guaranteeing that an SFC configuration meets their intent behavior.
Rafael Anton Eichelberger, Tiago Ferreto, Sébastien Tandel, Pedro Arthur P. R. Duarte   +3 more
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Dynamic Service Function Chain Deployment and Readjustment Method Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning [PDF]

Sensors, 2023
With the advent of Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), network operators can offer Service Function Chain (SFC) flexibly to accommodate the diverse network function (NF) requirements of their users.
Jing Ran, Wenkai Wang, Hefei Hu
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A Reliability-and-Energy-Balanced Service Function Chain Mapping and Migration Method for Internet of Things

IEEE Access, 2020
With the rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is introduced in the edge network to provide flexible and personalized service.
Siya Xu, Boxian Liao, Bo Hu, Cong Han, Chao Yang, Zhili Wang, Ao Xiong   +6 more
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Delay guaranteed SFC placement with VNF parallelization in multidomain IoT networks [PDF]

Scientific Reports
As an emerging network technology, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) enables network functions decoupling from dedicated hardware by replacing traditional middleboxes with software implemented Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). In NFV-enabled Internet
Siquan Liu, Chuangchuang Zhang, Hongyong Yang, Guanghai Cui, Fuliang Li, Xingwei Wang   +5 more
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P4SC: A High Performance and Flexible Framework for Service Function Chain

IEEE Access, 2019
Network function virtualization allows network functions to be implemented and managed flexibly as a service function chain (SFC) in the data plane to process flows.
Dong Zhang, Xiang Chen, Qun Huang, Xiaoyan Hong, Chunming Wu, Haifeng Zhou, Yi Yang, Hongyan Liu, Yuxin Chen   +8 more
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SFC-GS: A Multi-Objective Optimization Service Function Chain Scheduling Algorithm Based on Matching Game

Future Internet
Service Function Chain (SFC) is a framework that dynamically orchestrates Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) and is essential to enhancing resource scheduling efficiency.
Shi Kuang, Moshu Niu, Sunan Wang, Haoran Li, Siyuan Liang, Rui Chen   +5 more
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QoS-aware service composition based on context-free grammar and skyline in service function chaining using genetic algorithm [PDF]

PeerJ Computer Science, 2021
Service function chaining (SFC) is a mechanism that allows service providers to combine various service functions and exploit the available virtual infrastructure.
Pouya Khosravian, Sima Emadi, Ghasem Mirjalily, Behzad Zamani   +3 more
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Optimization Algorithm of Satellite Network Service Function Chain for Concurrent Services [PDF]

Jisuanji gongcheng, 2021
The difficulty of online satellite hardware upgrade and the increase of concurrent services in spatial information network reduce the service request acceptance rate of the existing Service Function Chain (SFC) mapping algorithm and increase the resource
PAN Chengsheng, LIANG Zhiming, SHI Huaifeng, KONG Zhixiang
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