Paving the way for NFV acceleration: A taxonomy, survey and future directions

X Fei, F Liu, Q Zhang, H Jin, H Hu - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2020 - dl.acm.org
As a recent innovation, network functions virtualization (NFV)—with its core concept of
replacing hardware middleboxes with software network functions (NFs) implemented in …

Online adaptive interference-aware VNF deployment and migration for 5G network slice

Q Zhang, F Liu, C Zeng - IEEE/ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Based on network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined network (SDN), network
slicing is proposed as a new paradigm for building service-customized 5G network. In each …

Retention-aware container caching for serverless edge computing

L Pan, L Wang, S Chen, F Liu - IEEE INFOCOM 2022-IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Serverless edge computing adopts an event-based model where Internet-of-Things (IoT)
services are executed in lightweight containers only when requested, leading to significantly …

Dynamic service function chain orchestration for NFV/MEC-enabled IoT networks: A deep reinforcement learning approach

Y Liu, H Lu, X Li, Y Zhang, L Xi… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) and mobile-edge computing (MEC) have been
introduced by Internet service providers (ISPs) to deal with various challenges, which hinder …

Online MEC offloading for V2V networks

F Liu, J Chen, Q Zhang, B Li - IEEE Transactions on Mobile …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As an enabling technology for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) networks, multi-access edge
computing (MEC) provides a feasible platform for sharing power and resources, and …

An aggressive migration strategy for service function chaining in the core cloud

H Feng, Z Shu, T Taleb, Y Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service Function Chaining (SFC) is regarded as an important concept for next-generation
communication networks because it can flexibly tackle diverse usage scenarios. Due to SFC …

Optimal admission control mechanism design for time-sensitive services in edge computing

S Chen, L Wang, F Liu - IEEE INFOCOM 2022-IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Edge computing is a promising solution for reducing service latency by provisioning time-
sensitive services directly from the network edge. However, upon workload peaks at the …

Efficient instance reuse approach for service function chain placement in mobile edge computing

S Zhang, W Jia, Z Tang, J Lou, W Zhao - Computer Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
The combination of mobile edge computing and network function virtualization has led to the
emergence of Virtualized Network Function (VNF) in a broader range of application …

Effective multi-controller management and adaptive service deployment strategy in multi-access edge computing environment

Q Zhang, C Li, Y Huang, Y Luo - Ad Hoc Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
With the popularity of emerging mobile services such as virtual reality and online gaming,
users expect higher quality immersive experiences. In response to the communication …

Online service provisioning in NFV-enabled networks using deep reinforcement learning

A Nouruzi, A Zakeri, MR Javan, N Mokari… - … on Network and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) based framework for an
online end-user service provisioning in a Network Function Virtualization (NFV)-enabled …