{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2197461571","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/cnsm.2015.7367379","title":"Near optimal service function path instantiation in a multi-datacenter environment","display_name":"Near optimal service function path instantiation in a multi-datacenter environment","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-11-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2197461571","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/cnsm.2015.7367379","mag":"2197461571"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/cnsm.2015.7367379","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/cnsm.2015.7367379","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2015 11th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://publica.fraunhofer.de/documents/N-414891.html","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5016007244","display_name":"Ahmed M. Medhat","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4577782","display_name":"Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin","ror":"https://ror.org/03v4gjf40","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4577782"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Ahmed M. Medhat","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Telecommunication Systems, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Telecommunication Systems, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4577782"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087586415","display_name":"Giuseppe Carella","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4577782","display_name":"Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin","ror":"https://ror.org/03v4gjf40","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4577782"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Giuseppe Carella","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Telecommunication Systems, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Telecommunication Systems, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4577782"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5032659127","display_name":"Christian Luck","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2800804238","display_name":"Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems","ror":"https://ror.org/00px80p03","country_code":"DE","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2800804238","https://openalex.org/I4923324"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christian Luck","raw_affiliation_strings":["Next Generation Network Infrastructures, Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Berlin, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Next Generation Network Infrastructures, Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Berlin, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2800804238"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5002951820","display_name":"Marius Corici","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7221-3791"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2800804238","display_name":"Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems","ror":"https://ror.org/00px80p03","country_code":"DE","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2800804238","https://openalex.org/I4923324"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marius-Iulian Corici","raw_affiliation_strings":["Next Generation Network Infrastructures, Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Berlin, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Next Generation Network Infrastructures, Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Berlin, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2800804238"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5068460241","display_name":"Thomas Magedanz","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5413-1388"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2800804238","display_name":"Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems","ror":"https://ror.org/00px80p03","country_code":"DE","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2800804238","https://openalex.org/I4923324"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Thomas Magedanz","raw_affiliation_strings":["Next Generation Network Infrastructures, Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Berlin, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Next Generation Network Infrastructures, Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Berlin, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2800804238"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5016007244"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4577782"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.6579,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":28,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.96336538,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"336","last_page":"341"},"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/T10400","display_name":"Network Security and Intrusion Detection","score":0.9951000213623047,"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/T10138","display_name":"Network Traffic and Congestion Control","score":0.9934999942779541,"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"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8216725587844849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chaining","display_name":"Chaining","score":0.7187000513076782},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quality-of-service","display_name":"Quality of service","score":0.6382092237472534},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.5782393217086792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/load-balancing","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","score":0.5664951801300049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/path","display_name":"Path (computing)","score":0.52008455991745},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dijkstras-algorithm","display_name":"Dijkstra's algorithm","score":0.5058683753013611},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/shortest-path-problem","display_name":"Shortest path problem","score":0.4868270754814148},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/service","display_name":"Service (business)","score":0.4532843232154846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.3866618871688843},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.3834588825702667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/graph","display_name":"Graph","score":0.15273383259773254}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8216725587844849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49020025","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059099","display_name":"Chaining","level":2,"score":0.7187000513076782},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C5119721","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220501","display_name":"Quality of service","level":2,"score":0.6382092237472534},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5782393217086792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138959212","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1806783","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","level":3,"score":0.5664951801300049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777735758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817765","display_name":"Path (computing)","level":2,"score":0.52008455991745},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C173870130","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8548","display_name":"Dijkstra's algorithm","level":4,"score":0.5058683753013611},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22590252","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1058754","display_name":"Shortest path problem","level":3,"score":0.4868270754814148},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780378061","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25351891","display_name":"Service (business)","level":2,"score":0.4532843232154846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.3866618871688843},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.3834588825702667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132525143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141488","display_name":"Graph","level":2,"score":0.15273383259773254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136264566","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159810","display_name":"Economy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C542102704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183257","display_name":"Psychotherapist","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187691185","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020720","display_name":"Grid","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/cnsm.2015.7367379","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/cnsm.2015.7367379","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2015 11th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:fraunhofer.de:N-414891","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://publica.fraunhofer.de/documents/N-414891.html","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400801","display_name":"Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4923324","host_organization_name":"Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4923324"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Fraunhofer FOKUS","raw_type":"Conference Paper"},{"id":"pmh:oai:publica.fraunhofer.de:publica/393151","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/393151","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400318","display_name":"Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4923324","host_organization_name":"Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4923324"],"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":"conference paper"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:fraunhofer.de:N-414891","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://publica.fraunhofer.de/documents/N-414891.html","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400801","display_name":"Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4923324","host_organization_name":"Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4923324"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Fraunhofer FOKUS","raw_type":"Conference Paper"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5199999809265137,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":23,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1836118368","https://openalex.org/W1970011344","https://openalex.org/W1979128439","https://openalex.org/W2004199070","https://openalex.org/W2021962600","https://openalex.org/W2027506856","https://openalex.org/W2037206848","https://openalex.org/W2040340473","https://openalex.org/W2075825379","https://openalex.org/W2087656234","https://openalex.org/W2093077887","https://openalex.org/W2118573797","https://openalex.org/W2136930733","https://openalex.org/W2138743329","https://openalex.org/W2148468366","https://openalex.org/W2289096564","https://openalex.org/W2501322570","https://openalex.org/W2504542527","https://openalex.org/W2516637237","https://openalex.org/W3105055013","https://openalex.org/W4236175657","https://openalex.org/W6642822632","https://openalex.org/W6657309191"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3209137076","https://openalex.org/W4223969905","https://openalex.org/W2374560440","https://openalex.org/W1490490684","https://openalex.org/W4221129498","https://openalex.org/W2887026015","https://openalex.org/W2361442013","https://openalex.org/W2373384475","https://openalex.org/W4310124294","https://openalex.org/W143403600"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Service":[0,62,68,194],"Function":[1,33,63,69],"Chaining":[2],"(SFC)":[3],"supports":[4],"services/applications":[5],"through":[6],"linking":[7],"an":[8,206],"ordered":[9],"list":[10],"of":[11,121,193],"service":[12,77,93,213],"functions":[13,214],"(such":[14],"as":[15,176],"firewalls,":[16],"deep":[17],"packet":[18],"inspections":[19],"and":[20,31,39,89,158,186,221,225],"load":[21,156,208,226],"balancers)":[22],"in":[23,104],"the":[24,67,86,90,97,105,125,165,170,177,182,202,211],"network.":[25],"Using":[26],"Software":[27],"Defined":[28],"Networking":[29],"(SDN)":[30],"Network":[32],"Virtualization":[34],"(NFV)":[35],"provides":[36,205],"a":[37,49,55,75,82,111,190],"simpler":[38],"shorter":[40],"SFC":[41],"process.":[42],"In":[43],"order":[44],"to":[45,59,150],"provide":[46,169],"high-availability":[47],"on":[48,124],"multi-site":[50],"SFC,":[51],"it":[52,142],"is":[53,147],"required":[54],"flexible":[56,83,101],"algorithm":[57,80,106,167,180,204,220],"able":[58],"properly":[60],"select":[61],"instances":[64,95,215],"while":[65],"creating":[66],"Path":[70],"(SFP).":[71],"This":[72,113],"paper":[73],"presents":[74],"new":[76],"function":[78,94],"selection":[79],"providing":[81],"tradeoff":[84,102],"between":[85],"SFP":[87,172],"distance":[88,174],"loads":[91],"per":[92],"at":[96],"deployment":[98],"stage.":[99],"The":[100,161],"provided":[103],"can":[107,116],"be":[108],"adjusted":[109],"by":[110],"parameter.":[112],"parameter":[114],"value":[115],"differ":[117],"among":[118],"different":[119,144],"types":[120],"SFCs":[122],"based":[123],"service/application":[126],"(real":[127],"time":[128,184,199],"or":[129],"non-real":[130],"time)":[131],"dedicated":[132],"for":[133,140,181,197],"its":[134],"SFC.":[135],"Matlab":[136],"has":[137],"been":[138],"utilized":[139],"validating":[141],"with":[143],"scenarios.":[145],"It":[146],"also":[148],"compared":[149],"other":[151],"existing":[152],"algorithms":[153],"such":[154],"as,":[155],"balancing":[157,227],"shortest":[159,178,218],"path.":[160],"results":[162],"showed":[163],"that":[164,187],"proposed":[166,203],"could":[168],"best":[171],"end-to-end":[173],"performance":[175,196],"path":[179,219],"real":[183,198],"services/applications,":[185],"will":[188],"result":[189],"good":[191],"Quality":[192],"(QoS)":[195],"services/applications.":[200],"Furthermore,":[201],"acceptable":[207],"distribution":[209],"over":[210],"available":[212],"better":[216],"than":[217],"not":[222],"far":[223],"from":[224],"algorithms.":[228]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}