Stochastic scheduling towards cost efficient network function virtualization in edge cloud

Deze Zeng, Jie Zhang, Lin Gu, Song Guo

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Abstract

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) emerges as a promising technology to increase the network flexibility, customizability and efficiency by softwarizing traditional dedicated hardware based functions to virtualized network functions. The prosperous potential of edge cloud makes it an ideal platform to host the network functions. From the perspective of network service providers, an inevitable concern is how to reduce the overall cost for renting various resources from infrastructure providers. In this paper, unlike existing related studies assuming a preknown network traffic demand, we alternatively consider a practical case without any prior knowledge. We investigate how to dynamically minimize the overall operational cost with joint consideration of packet scheduling, network function management and resource allocation. The tradeoff between the queue backlog and overall cost is analyzed using a Lyapunov optimization framework. A backpressure based online scheduling algorithm is proposed and its efficiency is extensively evaluated by trace-driven simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 15th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking, SECON 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-9
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781538642818
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jun 2018
Event15th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking, SECON 2018 - Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Duration: 11 Jun 201813 Jun 2018

Publication series

Name2018 15th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking, SECON 2018

Conference

Conference15th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking, SECON 2018
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHung Hom, Kowloon
Period11/06/1813/06/18

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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