Service-aware resource orchestration in ultra-dense LEO satellite-terrestrial integrated 6G: A service function chain approach

X Qin, T Ma, Z Tang, X Zhang, H Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid expansion of the scale of deployed low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, the ultra-
dense LEO satellite-terrestrial integrated network (LTIN) is envisioned as a promising …

Fairness-aware VNF sharing and rate coordination for high efficient service scheduling

B Yi, X Wang, M Huang, SK Das… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network service provisioning becomes flexible and programmable with the help of Network
Function Virfitualization (NFV), since NFV abstracts various service functions into software …

Deep reinforcement learning for resource demand prediction and virtual function network migration in digital twin network

Q Liu, L Tang, T Wu, Q Chen - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) enables intelligent services varying with the complex and
realtime environment to achieve network benefits, where network function virtualization …

[HTML][HTML] SARSA-based delay-aware route selection for SDN-enabled wireless-PLC power distribution IoT

Z Shi, J Zhu, H Wei - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
The integration of power line communications (PLC) and wireless communications in power
distribution internet of things (PD-IoT) provides a cost-efficient and easy-to-access solution …

Availability-aware provision of service function chains in mobile edge computing

J Li, D Guo, J Xie, S Chen - ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 2023 - dl.acm.org
With the advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Mobile Edge Computing
(MEC), outsourcing network functions (NFs) to the MEC is becoming popular among network …

Latency-sensitive parallel multi-path service flow routing with segmented vnf processing in nfv-enabled networks

L Qu, L Yu, P Yu, MJ Khabbaz - IEEE Transactions on Network …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the context of Software Defined Networking (SDN) scenarios, the deployment of multi-path
routing has been trending as one of the practical approaches. It serves the two-fold objective …

VNF Migration in Digital Twin Network for NFV Environment

Y Hu, G Min, J Li, Z Li, Z Cai, J Zhang - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) allows for the dynamic provisioning of Virtual Network
Functions (VNFs), adapting services to the complex and dynamic network environment to …

Metaheuristics as enablers for VNF scheduling in the network slice set up process

AS Charismiadis, D Tsolkas, N Passas… - Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing refers to the capability of composing mobile networks by chaining a set of
virtualised functions on top of shared infrastructures. In the research domain, special …

Digital Twin Assisted VNF Mapping and Scheduling in SDN/NFV-Enabled Industrial IoT

L Tang, W Wen, J Li, D Fang, L Li… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined network (SDN) technologies
enable flexible traffic scheduling and improve the efficiency of physical resources. However …

NEST: Optimal deploying DAG-SFCs to maximize the flows wholly served in the network edge

X Lin, C Liu, L Luo, D Guo, M Xu - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Compared with the dedicated hardware-based middle-boxes, Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) makes network services more flexible, scalable, and cost-efficient by …