AI-assisted resource orchestration for network services and distributed cloud-native applications

Abstract

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has paved the way for the migration of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) into multi-tenant datacenters, lowering the barrier for the introduction of new processing functionality into the network. In this context, we investigate the challenging problem of VNF placement in large-scale networks, particularly for Service Function Chains (SFCs), which represent sequences of VNFs. To this end, we initially present a state space complexity analysis of the orchestration problems associated with the placement of SFCs onto substrate networks and reason for the use of approximate methods for addressing the computational hardness of the problem. Genetic algorithms (GA) have emerged as a promising alternative to the proliferation of heuristic and exact methods for the SFC embedding problem. Motivated by this observation, we design a GA that computes efficient embeddings with runtimes on par with other approximate and state-of-the-art methods. Recent trends for r ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/60518
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/60518
ND
60518
Alternative title
Ενορχήστρωση πόρων με υποβοήθηση τεχνητής νοημοσύνης για δικτυακές υπηρεσίες δικτύου και κατανεμημένες εφαρμογές νέφους
Author
Rodis, Panteleimon (Father's name: Georgios)
Date
12/2025
Committee members
Παπαδημητρίου Παναγιώτης
Ψάννης Κωνσταντίνος
Ρεφανίδης Ιωάννης
Παπαγιάννη Χρύσα
Πετρίδου Σοφία
Σακελλαρίου Ηλίας
Τσαουσίδης Βασίλειος
Discipline
Natural Sciences ➨ Computer and Information Sciences ➨ Computer Networks and Communications
Natural Sciences ➨ Computer and Information Sciences ➨ Artificial Intelligence
Keywords
Virtualized Network Services; Hyper-distributed applications; Distributed deep learning; Genetic algorithms; Resource orchestration
Country
Greece
Language
English
Description
im., tbls., maps, fig., ch.
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