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Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are fundamental to deep learning, driving applications across various domains. However, their growing complexity has significantly increased computational demands, necessitating efficient hardware…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Junye Jiang , Yaan Zhou , Yuanhao Gong , Haoxuan Yuan , Shuanglong Liu

Modern networks run "middleboxes" that offer services ranging from network address translation and server load balancing to firewalls, encryption, and compression. In an industry trend known as Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), these…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Moses Charikar , Yonatan Naamad , Jennifer Rexford , X. Kelvin Zou

In this paper, we first introduce the NFV architecture and the use of IPv6 Segment Routing (SRv6) network programming model to support Service Function Chaining in a NFV scenario. We describe the concepts of SR-aware and SR-unaware Virtual…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-04-21 Ahmed AbdelSalam , Francois Clad , Clarence Filsfils , Stefano Salsano , Giuseppe Siracusano , Luca Veltri

The concept of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been introduced as a new paradigm in the recent few years. NFV offers a number of benefits including significantly increased maintainability and reduced deployment overhead. Several…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Nadir Ghrada , Mohamed Faten Zhani , Yehia Elkhatib

Network functions virtualization (NFV) enables telecommunications service providers to realize various network services by flexibly combining multiple virtual network functions (VNFs). To provide such services, an NFV control method should…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-12-21 Akito Suzuki , Ryoichi Kawahara , Masahiro Kobayashi , Shigeaki Harada , Yousuke Takahashi , Keisuke Ishibashi

Applications are sets of interacting components that can be executed in sequence, in parallel, or by using more complex constructs such as selections and loops. They can, therefore, be modeled as structured graphs with sub-structures…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-06-13 Carla Mouradian , Somayeh Kianpisheh , Roch H. Glitho

The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is enabling flexibility, programmability and implementation of traditional network functions into generic hardware, in form of the so-called Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). Today, cloud…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-03 Francisco Carpio , Admela Jukan , Rastin Pries

The virtualization of compute and network resources enables an unseen flexibility for deploying network services. A wide spectrum of emerging technologies allows an ever-growing range of orchestration possibilities in cloud-based…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Steven Van Rossem , Wouter Tavernier , Didier Colle , Mario Pickavet , Piet Demeester

In this paper we introduce the Generalized Virtual Networking (GVN) concept. GVN provides a framework to influence the routing of packets based on service level information that is carried in the packets. It is based on a protocol header…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-09-19 Stefano Salsano , Nicola Blefari-Melazzi , Francesco Lo Presti , Giuseppe Siracusano , Pier Luigi Ventre

FPGAs are an attractive type of accelerator for all-purpose HPC computing systems due to the possibility of deploying tailored hardware on demand. However, the common tools for programming and operating FPGAs are still complex to use,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-01-19 Gabriel Rodriguez-Canal , Nick Brown , Yuri Torres , Arturo Gonzalez-Escribano

The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is enabling flexibility, programmability and implementation of traditional network functions into generic hardware, in form of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). To provide services, the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-11-27 Francisco Carpio , Admela Jukan

Deployment of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) over multiple clouds accentuates its advantages like the flexibility of virtualization, proximity to customers and lower total cost of operation. However, NFV over multiple clouds has not…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-03-29 Lav Gupta , M. Samaka , Raj Jain , Aiman Erbad , Deval Bhamare , H. Anthony Chan

Network softwarization is one of the major paradigm shifts in the next generation of networks. It enables programmable and flexible management and deployment of the network. Network function virtualization (NFV) is referred to the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-18 Mohammad Karimzadeh Farshbafan , Vahid Shah-Mansouri , Dusit Niyato

The challenges involved in executing neural networks (NNs) at the edge include providing diversity, flexibility, and sustainability. That implies, for instance, supporting evolving applications and algorithms energy-efficiently. Using…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Federico Manca , Francesco Ratto , Francesca Palumbo

FPGAs have shown great potential in providing low-latency and energy-efficient solutions for deep neural network (DNN) inference applications. Currently, the majority of FPGA-based DNN accelerators in the cloud run in a time-division…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-03-30 Shulin Zeng , Guohao Dai , Hanbo Sun , Kai Zhong , Guangjun Ge , Kaiyuan Guo , Yu Wang , Huazhong Yang

FPGA is appropriate for fix-point neural networks computing due to high power efficiency and configurability. However, its design must be intensively refined to achieve high performance using limited hardware resources. We present an…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-03 Qingyang Yi , Heming Sun , Masahiro Fujita

This is the era of smart devices or things which are fueling the growth of Internet of Things (IoT). It is impacting every sphere around us, making our life dependent on this technological feat. It is of high concern that these smart things…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-05-29 Rishi Sairam , Suman Sankar Bhunia , Vijayanand Thangavelu , Mohan Gurusamy

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) in Software Defined Networks (SDN) emerged as a new technology for creating virtual instances for smooth execution of multiple applications. Their amalgamation provides flexible and programmable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-03-26 Kuljeet Kaur , Sahil Garg , Georges Kaddoum , François Gagnon , Neeraj Kumar , Syed Hassan Ahmed

There is a recent interest in neural network (NN)-based communication algorithms which have shown to achieve (beyond) state-of-the-art performance for a variety of problems or lead to reduced implementation complexity. However, most work on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-20 Fayçal Ait Aoudia , Jakob Hoydis

AI acceleration has been dominated by GPUs, but the growing need for lower latency, energy efficiency, and fine-grained hardware control exposes the limits of fixed architectures. In this context, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Arturo Urías Jiménez