Publication
Title
Effective NFV orchestration for wide-ranging services across heterogeneous cloud networks
Author
Abstract
In the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) environment, to successfully orchestrate a network service, first a Virtual Network Function-Forwarding Graph (VNF-FG) must be composed that realizes the required functionality. Second, this VNF-FG must be embedded onto the infrastructure, that is increasingly becoming heterogeneous. To avoid wasting precious resources during orchestration, intelligent resource allocation mechanisms and algorithms are needed to effectively tailor the VNF-FG to the cloud network onto which the service will be deployed. In this paper, we introduce an improved service model supporting network services that have bidirectional chaining constraints, comprise optional VNFs, and require traffic aggregation. Building on this service model, we propose placement algorithms that can optimize the order and number of instances of VNFs, to adapt the VNF-FG to the availability of resources in the network. Numerical experiments show that through coordination of composition and embedding tasks, our proposed algorithms can significantly improve the acceptance ratio, compared to algorithms that perform these tasks in two separate stages.
Language
English
Source (journal)
2019 IFIP/IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT (IM)
Source (book)
IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), APR 08-12, 2019, Arlington, VA
Publication
New york : Ieee , 2019
ISBN
978-3-903176-15-7
978-3-903176-15-7
Volume/pages
(2019) , p. 107-115
ISI
000469937200040
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Dynamic and distributed management of Service Function Chains in a virtualized cloud and network environment.
City of Things
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Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 25.06.2019
Last edited 21.11.2024
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