Presentation 2023-03-02
Resource-Efficient Virtual Network Function Placement and Service Chaining with Virtual Network Function Diversity and Redundancy
Kento Sugihara, Takanori Hara, Masahiro Sasabe, Shoji Kasahara,
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Abstract(in English) To realize network services in the NFV network, we first construct a service chain graph which consists of virtual nodes representing virtual network functions (VNFs) and virtual links connecting VNFs. Then we simultaneously solve VNF placement and service chaining problems, which assign the virtual nodes and links to the physical nodes and links under the resource constraints and service chain requirements. Since it is difficult to maintain the service quality under the failures of physical nodes and VNFs, there are studies on the VNF placement and service chaining schemes jointly considering VNF diversity and redundancy.The existing work, however, does not sufficiently consider the tradeoff between diversity and redundancy of VNFs and network resource utilization. In this paper, we propose a scheme that simultaneously achieves resource-efficient VNF placement and service chaining while adjusting the appropriate VNF diversity and redundancy against the service chain requirements. Through the numerical experiments, we show that the proposed scheme can achieve more effective resource allocation while satisfying the availability requirement at the 28.58--44.55¥,s increase of execution time, compared with the existing scheme.
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Keyword(in English) Network function virtualization / service chaining problem / virtual network function placement problem / integer linear programming / diversity and redundancy
Paper # NS2022-167
Date of Issue 2023-02-23 (NS)

Conference Information
Committee IN / NS
Conference Date 2023/3/2(2days)
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Place (in English) Okinawa Convention Centre + Online
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Topics (in English) General
Chair Kunio Hato(Internet Multifeed) / Tetsuya Oishi(NTT)
Vice Chair Tsutomu Murase(Nagoya Univ.) / Takumi Miyoshi(Shibaura Insti of Tech.)
Secretary Tsutomu Murase(KDDI Research) / Takumi Miyoshi(Nagaoka Univ. of Tech.)
Assistant / Kotaro Mihara(NTT)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Information Networks / Technical Committee on Network Systems
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Resource-Efficient Virtual Network Function Placement and Service Chaining with Virtual Network Function Diversity and Redundancy
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Network function virtualization
Keyword(2) service chaining problem
Keyword(3) virtual network function placement problem
Keyword(4) integer linear programming
Keyword(5) diversity and redundancy
1st Author's Name Kento Sugihara
1st Author's Affiliation NARA Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
2nd Author's Name Takanori Hara
2nd Author's Affiliation NARA Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
3rd Author's Name Masahiro Sasabe
3rd Author's Affiliation NARA Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
4th Author's Name Shoji Kasahara
4th Author's Affiliation NARA Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
Date 2023-03-02
Paper # NS2022-167
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) NS-406
Page pp.pp.1-6(NS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2023-02-23 (NS)