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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Intelligent and Resource-Conserving Service Function Chain (SFC) Embedding
Journal of Network and Systems Management, 2023 AbstractNetwork Function Virtualization (NFV) opens us great opportunities for network processing with higher resource efficiency and flexibility. In this respect, there is an increasing need for intelligent orchestration mechanisms, such that NFV can exploit its potential and live up to its promise.
Rodis, Panteleimon +1 more
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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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An Availability-Enhanced Service Function Chain Placement Scheme in Network Function Virtualization
Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 2019 A service function chain (SFC) is an ordered virtual network function (VNF) chain for processing traffic flows to deliver end-to-end network services in a virtual networking environment.
Yansen Xu, Ved P. Kafle
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Service Function Chain Deployment Method Based on VNF Divided Backup Mechanisms [PDF]
Jisuanji kexueService Function Chain(SFC) deployment is a key technology for realizing flexible and diverse network services,and SFC reliability is an important index in SFC deployment work.Existing methods improve the reliability of SFC while waste network resources ...
ZHAO Jihong, MA Jian, LI Qianwen, NING Lijuan
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Availability and Reliability of Service Function Chain: A Quantitative Evaluation View
International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2023 Service function chain (SFC) based on network function virtualization (NFV) technology can handle network traffic flexibly and efficiently. The virtual network function (VNF), as the core function unit of SFC, can experience software aging, which reduces
Yaru Li +5 more
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Probabilistic Service Function Placement and Dynamic Service Function Chain Formation
IEEE AccessTraditional network service frameworks face significant challenges to accommodate the exponential growth in user traffic. Instead of leveraging proprietary, monolithic hardware appliances, and network functions that power up-to-day telecommunications ...
Anusha Laxmana +2 more
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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 +4 more
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Service function chain embedding algorithm with wireless multicast in mobile edge computing network [PDF]
Tongxin xuebao, 2020 To resolve the excessive system overhead and serious traffic congestion in user-oriented service function chain (SFC) embedding in mobile edge computing (MEC) networks,a content-oriented joint wireless multicast and SFC embedding algorithm was proposed ...
Kan WANG +3 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 +3 more
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