Title :
Network function placement for NFV chaining in packet/optical data centers
Author :
Ming Xia ; Shirazipour, Meral ; Ying Zhang ; Green, Howard ; Takacs, Alexandru
Author_Institution :
Ericsson Res. Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
Intelligent network function (NF) placement can minimize optical/electrical/optical (O/E/O) conversions for NF chaining in packet/optical data centers hosting NF virtualization (NFV). We design an efficient algorithm for NF placement, and show it can achieve near-minimum O/E/O conversions.
Keywords :
computer centres; optical fibre networks; NF placement; NF virtualization; NFV chaining; intelligent network function; network function placement; optical-electrical-optical conversions; packet-optical data centers; Algorithm design and analysis; Noise measurement; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Servers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963925
