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A Deep Learning-based VNF Placement Approach for SFC Requests in MEC-NFV Enabled Networks
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, 2023The Service Function Chain (SFC) has become a popular paradigm to complete mobile services due to the advancements in Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV). This new computing and networking paradigm allows Virtual Network
Yi Yue +4 more
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Reliability-Aware VNF Placement Using a Probability-Based Approach
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2021Network function virtualization (NFV) is a new network architecture concept that simplifies the deployment of network services and improves service management. However, it is challenging for a network service provider (NSP) to decide where to place virtual network functions (VNFs).
Yunyi Wu +3 more
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Dynamic and Mobility-Aware VNF Placement in 5G-Edge Computing Environments
IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, 2023The combination of both Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Edge Computing facilitates the Quality of Service (QoS) fulfillment of latency-stringent applications by taking advantage of the proximity of the devices at the edge and the user, and ...
J. Vieira +6 more
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Dynamic VNF Chains Placement for Mobile IoT Applications
2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2019Empowered by computing at the network edge, data sensed from Internet of Things (IoT) devices can be processed by various IoT applications stored in the nearby cloudlets to reduce the response time between the IoT devices. Together with the recently wide- studied network slicing and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm, IoT edge computing ...
Gao Zheng +2 more
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Connectivity-Aware VNF Placement in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks
2025 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF)The Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network (SAGIN) has emerged as a promising solution to bridge the digital divide by extending connectivity to users in remote and underserved regions.
Kanimozhi C +3 more
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Distributed Approach to Adaptive VNF Manager Placement Problem
2019 20th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS), 2019Network function virtualization (NFV) has been a promising approach to flexible and scalable deployment of network services. In NFV management and orchestration (NFV-MANO) architectural framework, VNF managers (VNFMs) should be deployed to manage the lifecycle of virtualized network functions (VNFs). VNFM placement problem (MPP) is to deploy VNFMs that
Mao-Jung Chiang, Li-Hsing Yen
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Energy Efficient VNF Placement Algorithm Using Reinforcement Learning in NFV-Enabled Network
2023 IEEE International Conference on Control, Electronics and Computer Technology (ICCECT), 2023The application of network function virtualization (NFV) allows current networks to flexibly manage orchestrated network functions and provide various network services.
Z. Wang +3 more
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Energy Efficient Algorithm for VNF Placement and Chaining
2017 17th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGRID), 2017This paper addresses energy efficient VNF placement and chaining over NFV enabled infrastructures. VNF placement and chaining are formulated as a decision tree search to overcome this NP-Hard problem complexity. The proposed approach is an extension of the Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) method to achieve energy savings using physical resource ...
Oussama Soualah +3 more
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Mobility-aware VNF placement in the LTE EPC
2017 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), 2017Traditional network infrastructure is facing significant challenges to support the growing bandwidth, coverage, and latency requirements of users, and to support new 4G and 5G use-cases. As a solution, telecom operators are looking to implement Network Function Virtualization (NFV) in future networks.
Akanksha Patel +2 more
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Fragmentation-Aware VNF Placement: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on CommunicationsIn this paper we address the challenge of efficiently deploying Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) in network infrastructures. This is particularly crucial when facing resource fragmentation, where available resources are not fully utilized due to the ...
Ramy Mohamed +3 more
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