Recent advances of resource allocation in network function virtualization

S Yang, F Li, S Trajanovski… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been emerging as an appealing solution that
transforms complex network functions from dedicated hardware implementations to software …

A survey on the placement of virtual network functions

J Sun, Y Zhang, F Liu, H Wang, X Xu, Y Li - Journal of Network and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dependence of traditional network functions (NFs) on special hardware results in high
capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operating expenditures (OPEX). Network Function …

Dynamic RAN slicing for service-oriented vehicular networks via constrained learning

W Wu, N Chen, C Zhou, M Li, X Shen… - IEEE Journal on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate a radio access network (RAN) slicing problem for Internet of
vehicles (IoV) services with different quality of service (QoS) requirements, in which multiple …

Joint coordinated beamforming and power splitting ratio optimization in MU-MISO SWIPT-enabled HetNets: A multi-agent DDQN-based approach

R Zhang, K Xiong, Y Lu, B Gao, P Fan… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a multi-agent double deep Q network (DDQN)-based approach to
jointly optimize the beamforming vectors and power splitting (PS) ratio in multi-user multiple …

Microservice-oriented service placement for mobile edge computing in sustainable internet of vehicles

L Wang, X Deng, J Gui, X Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The integration of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) and microservice architecture drives the
implementation of the sustainable Internet of Vehicles (IoV). The microservice architecture …

Dynamic fog-to-fog offloading in SDN-based fog computing systems

LA Phan, DT Nguyen, M Lee, DH Park, T Kim - Future Generation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fog computing is a promising paradigm aimed at reducing latency and network traffic
between end devices and cloud servers. In fog computing systems, a fog node can be …

On the specialization of fdrl agents for scalable and distributed 6g ran slicing orchestration

F Rezazadeh, L Zanzi, F Devoti… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing enables multiple virtual networks to be instantiated and customized to meet
heterogeneous use case requirements over 5G and beyond network deployments …

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 …

EdgeGYM: a reinforcement learning environment for constraint-aware NFV resource allocation

J Su, S Nair, L Popokh - … 2nd International Conference on AI in …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimizing resource allocation in Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) deployment
remains a challenging problem due to the complex interactions between network functions …

Scalable orchestration of service function chains in NFV-enabled networks: A federated reinforcement learning approach

H Huang, C Zeng, Y Zhao, G Min, Y Zhu… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) is critical to the scalability and flexibility of various
network services in the form of service function chains (SFCs), which refer to a set of Virtual …