Rethinking Virtual Network Embedding: Substrate Support for Path Splitting and Migration

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 17-29

  Yu, Minlan ^a   Yi, Yung ^a   Rexford, Jennifer ^a   Chiang, Mung ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

network virtualization; optimization; path migration; path splitting; virtual network embedding

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; NETWORK EMBEDDINGS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUALIZATION;

EMBEDDING ALGORITHMS; NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PATH MIGRATION; PATH SPLITTING; PROBLEM SPACE; SPLITTINGS; SUBSTRATE NETWORKS; VIRTUAL NETWORK EMBEDDING; VIRTUAL NETWORKS;

VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

EID: 85207468941     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 19435819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1355734.1355737     Document Type: Article

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