On the complexity of a Virtual Network Function Placement and Routing problem

Q2 Mathematics

Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics Pub Date : 2018-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.endm.2018.07.026

Bernardetta Addis, Meihui Gao, Giuliana Carello

引用次数: 10

Abstract

The demand for network services, such as proxy or firewall, is ever increasing due to the massive diffusion of applications, both on computers and mobile devices. Virtual Network Functions allow to instantiate network services on clouds in a software based manner, thus allowing to dynamically provide services at a reasonable cost. In this work we consider the problem of placing Virtual Network Function instances (services) and routing the demands so as to guarantee that demands can reach the requested services. We discuss the complexity of a particular version of the Virtual Network Function placement and routing problem and the impact of the network topology on the problem complexity.

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虚拟网络功能的复杂性与路由问题

由于应用程序在计算机和移动设备上的大规模扩散，对网络服务(如代理或防火墙)的需求不断增加。虚拟网络功能允许以基于软件的方式在云上实例化网络服务，从而允许以合理的成本动态地提供服务。在这项工作中，我们考虑了放置虚拟网络功能实例(服务)和路由需求的问题，以保证需求能够到达所请求的服务。我们讨论了特定版本的虚拟网络功能的复杂性和路由问题，以及网络拓扑结构对问题复杂性的影响。

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Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics Mathematics-Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

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