• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.451-453
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose a Load Balance System for SFC based on DLP solution. SFC based on DLP solution does not distribute to the user data and each DLP server manages all traffic generated by the user device. When using existing algorithms such as the Load Balance Round Robin, Least Connection does not consider the resource usage of DLP server so traffic is not efficiently distributed due to different user traffic usage. It causes system failure and overload of the DLP server. Therefore, we propose the architecture of a Load Balance system for SFC based on DLP solution to perform the Load Balance based on the resource usage of DLP server through a LBM server in this paper.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.65-68
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• 2018

오늘날 네트워크 서비스에 대한 수요가 증가함에 따라 네트워크 트래픽 또한 증가하고 있다. 이는 네트워크 서비스 구성을 복잡하게 만들어 최종 사용자에게 전달되는 네트워크 기능의 동적 구성이 요구된다. Service Function Chaining (SFC)은 일련의 Service Function (SF) 세트로 구성된 새로운 네트워크 서비스 배포 모델이다. SFC는 특정 서비스에 따라 플로우를 분류하여 네트워크 운영자의 효율적인 서비스 제공을 보장한다. SFC의 성능은 SFC를 구성하는 SF Instance (SFI)와 상관 관계를 가진다. 이때 다수의 SFC 환경에서 단일의 SFI 사용 시, 트래픽 오버플로우가 발생할 수 있다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 확장 가능한 SFC 프로비저닝을 위한 Monitoring as a Service (MaaS)를 제안한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2018.10a
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• pp.122-125
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• 2018

최근 다양한 네트워크 서비스에 대한 수요가 증가함에 따라 Service Function (SF)의 동적 구성을 위한 유연한 모델이 요구된다. Service Function Chaining (SFC)은 일련의 SF로 구성된 새로운 네트워크 서비스 배포 모델을 정의한다. Software Defined Networking (SDN)은 제어 평면을 중앙 집중화함으로써 네트워크 트래픽 제어를 단순화하여 SFC동작에 중요한 역할을 한다. SDN 기반 SFC(SD_SFC)는 SF 장애를 감지하기 위한 모니터링 시스템이 필요하다. 그러나 기존의 모니터링 방식은 모든 SF에 Monitoring Agent(MA)를 배치하기 때문에 높은 시그널링 비용을 가진다. 본 논문에서는 최소한의 SF에 MA를 배치함으로써 시그널링 비용을 줄이는 SFC모니터링 방식을 제안한다. 제안하는 SF selection 알고리즘은 최적화된 SF 집합을 사용하여 오버로드된 SF를 반환하여 MA를 배치한다. 우리는 제안 시스템의 효율성을 평가하기 위해 테스트베드 구현을 통해 실험하였다. 실험 결과에 따르면 우리는 기존 방식에 비해서 시그널링 비용을 59.2% 절감하였다.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.17-23
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• 2022

Network slicing is a promising paradigm and significant evolution for adjusting the heterogeneous services based on different requirements by placing dynamic virtual network functions (VNF) forwarding graph (VNFFG) and orchestrating service function chaining (SFC) based on criticalities of Quality of Service (QoS) classes. In system architecture, software-defined networks (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), and edge computing are used to provide resourceful data view, configurable virtual resources, and control interfaces for developing the modified deep reinforcement learning agent (MDRL-A). In this paper, task requests, tolerable delays, and required resources are differentiated for input state observations to identify the non-critical/critical classes, since each user equipment can execute different QoS application services. We design intelligent slicing for handing the cross-domain resource with MDRL-A in solving network problems and eliminating resource usage. The agent interacts with controllers and orchestrators to manage the flow rule installation and physical resource allocation in NFV infrastructure (NFVI) with the proposed formulation of completion time and criticality criteria. Simulation is conducted in SDN/NFV environment and capturing the QoS performances between conventional and MDRL-A approaches.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.129-140
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• 2021

The next generation mBcN should be built to cooperate with the wireless network to support hyper-speed and hyper-connectivity. In this paper, we propose a network architecture for the cooperation mBcN and 5G commercial network and architecture of the cooperative security gateway required for the cooperation. The proposed cooperative security gateway is between gNB and UPF to support LBO, SFC, and security. Our analysis shows that the proposed architecture has several advantages. First of all, user equipment connected with the mBcN can be easily connected through the 5G commercial radio network to the mBcN. Second, the military application traffic can be transmitted to mBcN without going through the 5G core network, reducing the end-to-end transmission delay without causing the traffic load on the 5G core network. In addition, the security level of the military application can effectively be maintained because the user equipment can be connected to the cooperative security gateway, and the traffic generated by the user equipment is transmitted to the mBcN without going through the 5G core network. Finally, we demonstrate that LBO, SFC, and security modules are essential functions of the proposed gateway in the 5G test-bed environment.