標題: ASA: Adaptive VNF Scaling Algorithm for 5G Mobile Networks
作者: Ren, Yi
Tuan Phung-Duc
Liu, Yi-Kuan
Chen, Jyh-Cheng
Lin, Yi-Hao
資訊工程學系
Department of Computer Science
關鍵字: Dynamic Auto Scaling Algorithm;Network Function Virtualization (NFV);Virtual EPC;Cloud Networks;5G;Modeling and Analysis
公開日期: 1-Jan-2018
摘要: 5G mobile networks introduce Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) to provide flexible services for incoming huge mobile data traffic. Compared with fixed capacity legacy network equipment, VNFs can be scaled in/out to adjust system capacity. However, hardware-based legacy network equipment is designed dedicatedly for its purpose so that it is more efficient in terms of unit cost. One challenge is to best use VNF resources and to balance the traffic between legacy network equipment and VNFs. To address this challenge, we first formulate the problem as a cost-performance tradeoff, where both VNF resource cost and system performance are quantified. Then, we propose an adaptive VNF scaling algorithm to balance the tradeoff. We derive the suitable VNF instances to handle data traffic with minimizing cost. Through extensive simulations, the adaptive algorithm is proven to provide good performance.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11536/152031
ISBN: 978-1-5386-6831-3
ISSN: 2374-3239
期刊: 2018 IEEE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLOUD NETWORKING (CLOUDNET)
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