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Genetic Algorithm for Holistic VNF-Mapping and Virtual Topology Design [PDF]

IEEE Access, 2020
Next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) services imposes stringent requirements to the future networks that current ones cannot fulfill. 5G is a technology born to give response to those requirements. However, the deployment of 5G is also accompanied
Lidia Ruiz, Ramon J. Duran Barroso, Ignacio De Miguel, Noemi Merayo, Juan Carlos Aguado, Ramon De La Rosa, Patricia Fernandez, Ruben M. Lorenzo, Evaristo J. Abril   +8 more
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Optimising resource allocation for virtual network functions in SDN/NFV‐enabled MEC networks

IET Communications, 2021
Network function virtualisation (NFV), software defined networks (SDNs), and mobile edge computing (MEC) are emerging as core technologies to satisfy increasing number of users' demands in 5G and beyond wireless networks. SDN provides clean separation of
Nahida Kiran, Xuanlin Liu, Sihua Wang, Changchuan Yin   +3 more
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APVNFC: Adaptive Placement of Virtual Network Function Chains

Cybernetics and Information Technologies, 2023
Designing efficient and flexible approaches for placement of Virtual Network Function (VNF) chains is the main success of Network Function Virtualization (NFV).
Umrao Brajesh Kumar, Yadav Dharmendar Kumar   +1 more
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Virtual Network Function Placement for Service Chaining by Relaxing Visit Order and Non-Loop Constraints

IEEE Access, 2019
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a paradigm that virtualizes traditional network functions and instantiates Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) as software instances separate from hardware appliances.
Naoki Hyodo, Takehiro Sato, Ryoichi Shinkuma, Eiji Oki   +3 more
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Design and Placements of Virtualized Network Functions for Dynamically Changing Service Requests Based on a Core/Periphery Structure

IEEE Access, 2020
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a system that provides application services by connecting virtual network functions (VNFs), and is expected to accommodate new service requests through the development of new VNF and connection with existing ones.
Yuki Tsukui, Shin'ichi Arakawa, Shiori Takagi, Masayuki Murata   +3 more
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Dynamic SFC placement scheme with parallelized SFCs and reuse of initialized VNFs: An A3C-based DRL approach

Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences, 2023
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a well-known network architecture that extends cloud computing to the network edge. Compared with cloud computing, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) can provide flexible services in MEC for mobile users. Virtual Network
Hongsheng Xu, Ganglong Fan, Libo Sun, Wanxing Li, Guofang Kuang, Bo Fan, Gholamreza Ahmadi   +6 more
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A Genetic Algorithm for VNF Provisioning in NFV-Enabled Cloud/MEC RAN Architectures

Applied Sciences, 2018
5G technologies promise to bring new network and service capacities and are expected to introduce significant architectural and service deployment transformations.
Lidia Ruiz, Ramón J. Durán, Ignacio de Miguel, Pouria S. Khodashenas, Jose-Juan Pedreño-Manresa, Noemí Merayo, Juan C. Aguado, Pablo Pavón-Marino, Shuaib Siddiqui, Javier Mata, Patricia Fernández, Rubén M. Lorenzo, Evaristo J. Abril   +12 more
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Optimizing Service Function Chaining Migration With Explicit Dynamic Path

IEEE Access, 2022
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)
Tuan-Minh Pham
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A Hybrid Virtual Network Function Placement Strategy for Maximizing the Profit of Network Service Deployment Over Time-Varying Workloads

IEEE Access, 2021
The emergence of network function virtualization (NFV) has revolutionized the infrastructure and service management of network architecture. It allows network operators to reduce costs and improve the agility of network service deployment.
Chi-Chen Yang, Satyajit Padhy, Jerry Chou   +2 more
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LAVP: A Latency-Aware Virtual Network Function Placement Strategy for Service Function Chain in Network Function Virtualization

IEEE Access
Nowadays, businesses have benefited greatly from Network Function Virtualization (NFV), while users have gained new experiences. By transforming network functions into Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) running on High-Volume Servers (HVSs) instead of ...
Tung Thanh Hoang, Linh Manh Pham, Hoai-Son Nguyen   +2 more
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