{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3187869452","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-021-02741-9","title":"A survey of VNF forwarding graph embedding in B5G/6G networks","display_name":"A survey of VNF forwarding graph embedding in B5G/6G networks","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-08-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3187869452","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-021-02741-9","mag":"3187869452"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s11276-021-02741-9","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-021-02741-9","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S205498627","display_name":"Wireless Networks","issn_l":"1022-0038","issn":["1022-0038","1572-8196"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Wireless Networks","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100363720","display_name":"Biao Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4898-2731"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I158842170","display_name":"Chongqing University","ror":"https://ror.org/023rhb549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Biao Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Big Data & Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Big Data & Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5067975442","display_name":"Qilin Fan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0856-3695"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I158842170","display_name":"Chongqing University","ror":"https://ror.org/023rhb549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qilin Fan","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Big Data & Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Big Data & Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100437208","display_name":"Xu Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1882-736X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I23923803","display_name":"University of Exeter","ror":"https://ror.org/03yghzc09","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I23923803"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xu Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QF, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QF, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I23923803"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062181460","display_name":"Zhihan Fu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I158842170","display_name":"Chongqing University","ror":"https://ror.org/023rhb549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhihan Fu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Big Data & Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Big Data & Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100350752","display_name":"Sen Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8417-6403"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I158842170","display_name":"Chongqing University","ror":"https://ror.org/023rhb549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sen Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Big Data & Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Big Data & Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100402411","display_name":"Jian Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-1063"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I123946342","display_name":"Binghamton University","ror":"https://ror.org/008rmbt77","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I123946342"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jian Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I123946342"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044493248","display_name":"Qingyu Xiong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0976-2397"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I158842170","display_name":"Chongqing University","ror":"https://ror.org/023rhb549","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qingyu Xiong","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Big Data & Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Big Data & Software Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":7,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5100363720"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I158842170"],"apc_list":{"value":2390,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2990},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.76,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":14,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.85427611,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"30","issue":"5","first_page":"3735","last_page":"3758"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10829","display_name":"Interconnection Networks and Systems","score":0.9936000108718872,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10502","display_name":"Advanced Memory and Neural Computing","score":0.9911999702453613,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8777709603309631},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-network","display_name":"Virtual network","score":0.7152600884437561},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-virtualization","display_name":"Network virtualization","score":0.5724025368690491},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.5362023711204529},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.5014665126800537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-defined-networking","display_name":"Software-defined networking","score":0.48873353004455566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.43211954832077026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtualization","display_name":"Virtualization","score":0.4264589846134186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-topology","display_name":"Network topology","score":0.4123651385307312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.20685884356498718}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8777709603309631},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776874963","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4112081","display_name":"Virtual network","level":2,"score":0.7152600884437561},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779898492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4112081","display_name":"Network virtualization","level":4,"score":0.5724025368690491},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5362023711204529},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.5014665126800537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77270119","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655198","display_name":"Software-defined networking","level":2,"score":0.48873353004455566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.43211954832077026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C513985346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270471","display_name":"Virtualization","level":3,"score":0.4264589846134186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199845137","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q145490","display_name":"Network topology","level":2,"score":0.4123651385307312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.20685884356498718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s11276-021-02741-9","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-021-02741-9","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S205498627","display_name":"Wireless Networks","issn_l":"1022-0038","issn":["1022-0038","1572-8196"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Wireless Networks","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ore.exeter.ac.uk:10871/126785","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10871/126785","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401998","display_name":"Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I23923803","host_organization_name":"University of Exeter","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I23923803"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:figshare.com:article/29781443","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":null,"pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196282","display_name":"Figshare","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210132348","host_organization_name":"Figshare (United Kingdom)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210132348"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Journal contribution"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:figshare.com:article/29781443","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":null,"pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196282","display_name":"Figshare","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210132348","host_organization_name":"Figshare (United Kingdom)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210132348"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Journal contribution"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.6299999952316284,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G190755992","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"cstc2018jcyjAX0340","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320327865","funder_display_name":"Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4967915762","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0589","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320327865","funder_display_name":"Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5428187623","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2018YFB2100100","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335777","funder_display_name":"National Key Research and Development Program of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6887731036","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2018YFF0214700","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335777","funder_display_name":"National Key Research and Development Program of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320327865","display_name":"Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335777","display_name":"National Key Research and Development Program of China","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":93,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W41554520","https://openalex.org/W55109682","https://openalex.org/W1510173822","https://openalex.org/W1526894324","https://openalex.org/W1757796397","https://openalex.org/W1842406863","https://openalex.org/W1983835206","https://openalex.org/W1984366750","https://openalex.org/W2000238032","https://openalex.org/W2037843527","https://openalex.org/W2038268348","https://openalex.org/W2043352445","https://openalex.org/W2078426348","https://openalex.org/W2080310573","https://openalex.org/W2105685892","https://openalex.org/W2116341502","https://openalex.org/W2118955868","https://openalex.org/W2121863487","https://openalex.org/W2133973491","https://openalex.org/W2138314086","https://openalex.org/W2190229073","https://openalex.org/W2196263691","https://openalex.org/W2206083026","https://openalex.org/W2210790443","https://openalex.org/W2216573267","https://openalex.org/W2232327735","https://openalex.org/W2289096564","https://openalex.org/W2319313589","https://openalex.org/W2328842742","https://openalex.org/W2462026904","https://openalex.org/W2500898769","https://openalex.org/W2512567073","https://openalex.org/W2514286655","https://openalex.org/W2556401543","https://openalex.org/W2569526740","https://openalex.org/W2584689131","https://openalex.org/W2586630827","https://openalex.org/W2591732478","https://openalex.org/W2593522104","https://openalex.org/W2607447654","https://openalex.org/W2623646697","https://openalex.org/W2725876264","https://openalex.org/W2739266180","https://openalex.org/W2739978473","https://openalex.org/W2741204823","https://openalex.org/W2763268973","https://openalex.org/W2765816777","https://openalex.org/W2775701680","https://openalex.org/W2784205035","https://openalex.org/W2794016658","https://openalex.org/W2808944558","https://openalex.org/W2811022685","https://openalex.org/W2856479366","https://openalex.org/W2886746860","https://openalex.org/W2890014074","https://openalex.org/W2897196169","https://openalex.org/W2897743254","https://openalex.org/W2900604824","https://openalex.org/W2900804961","https://openalex.org/W2901980690","https://openalex.org/W2907215288","https://openalex.org/W2918540719","https://openalex.org/W2926804451","https://openalex.org/W2937806629","https://openalex.org/W2962814013","https://openalex.org/W2962948535","https://openalex.org/W2963432069","https://openalex.org/W2964820556","https://openalex.org/W2967845549","https://openalex.org/W2980466635","https://openalex.org/W2982649823","https://openalex.org/W2995603518","https://openalex.org/W2995673860","https://openalex.org/W2996568029","https://openalex.org/W2996945891","https://openalex.org/W2999711132","https://openalex.org/W3004033488","https://openalex.org/W3009559326","https://openalex.org/W3010671996","https://openalex.org/W3012020085","https://openalex.org/W3015273126","https://openalex.org/W3015625671","https://openalex.org/W3016207298","https://openalex.org/W3045852441","https://openalex.org/W3098486933","https://openalex.org/W3101743077","https://openalex.org/W3106614600","https://openalex.org/W3110587988","https://openalex.org/W3110989801","https://openalex.org/W3122919845","https://openalex.org/W4251091605","https://openalex.org/W6602209748","https://openalex.org/W6677916085"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2461440407","https://openalex.org/W2317094215","https://openalex.org/W2128291817","https://openalex.org/W2606336747","https://openalex.org/W2947277503","https://openalex.org/W112648010","https://openalex.org/W2038957884","https://openalex.org/W206565998","https://openalex.org/W2766546449","https://openalex.org/W2122873612"],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-04-04T16:13:02.066488","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}