Analysis of multi-dimensional Industrial IoT (IIoT) data in Edge-Fog-Cloud based architectural frameworks: A survey on current state and research challenges

R Kumar, N Agrawal - Journal of Industrial Information Integration, 2023 - Elsevier
Cloud computing is changing the traditional ways of computing using its different forms and
architectural types such as Edge and Fog computing. These computing frameworks are the …

AI-Enhanced Cloud-Edge-Terminal Collaborative Network: Survey, Applications, and Future Directions

H Gu, L Zhao, Z Han, G Zheng… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The cloud-edge-terminal collaborative network (CETCN) is considered as a novel paradigm
for emerging applications owing to its huge potential in providing low-latency and ultra …

An approach for service function chain routing and virtual function network instance migration in network function virtualization architectures

V Eramo, E Miucci, M Ammar… - IEEE/ACM Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization foresees the virtualization of service functions and their
execution on virtual machines. Any service is represented by a service function chain (SFC) …

Delay-aware scheduling and resource optimization with network function virtualization

L Qu, C Assi, K Shaban - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To accelerate the implementation of network functions/middle boxes and reduce the
deployment cost, recently, the concept of network function virtualization (NFV) has emerged …

A reliability-aware network service chain provisioning with delay guarantees in NFV-enabled enterprise datacenter networks

L Qu, C Assi, K Shaban… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditionally, service-specific network functions (NFs)(eg, Firewall, intrusion detection
system, etc.) are executed by installation-and maintenance-costly hardware middleboxes …

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 …

A multi-tenant cloud-based DC nano grid for self-sustained smart buildings in smart cities

N Kumar, AV Vasilakos… - IEEE Communications …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy is one of the most valuable resources of the modern era and needs to be consumed
in an optimized manner by an intelligent usage of various smart devices, which are major …

Cost-efficient VNF placement and scheduling in public cloud networks

T Gao, X Li, Y Wu, W Zou, S Huang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Following successful adoption of cloud computing, many service providers (SPs) are now
using high-performance Virtual Machines (VMs) located in large datacenters owned by …

Resource aware routing for service function chains in SDN and NFV-enabled network

J Pei, P Hong, K Xue, D Li - IEEE Transactions on Services …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Owing to the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networks (SDN),
Service Function Chain (SFC) has become a popular service in SDN and NFV-enabled …

Extended data plane architecture for in-network security services in software-defined networks

J Kim, Y Kim, V Yegneswaran, P Porras, S Shin… - Computers & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Software-Defined Networking (SDN)-based Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
technologies improve the dependability and resilience of networks by enabling …