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A Coordinated Heuristic Approach for Virtual Network Embedding in Cloud Infrastructure

  • Nia, Nahid Hamzehee (Department of Computer Engineering, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University) ;
  • Adabi, Sepideh (Department of Computer Engineering, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University) ;
  • Nategh, Majid Nikougoftar (Department of Information and Technology, University of Qom)
  • Received : 2016.10.15
  • Accepted : 2017.02.09
  • Published : 2017.05.31
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Abstract

A major challenge in cloud infrastructure is the efficient allocation of virtual network elements on top of substrate network elements. Path algebra is a mathematical framework which allows the validation and convergence analysis of the mono-constraint or multi-constraint routing problems independently of the network topology or size. The present study proposes a new heuristic approach based on mathematical framework "paths algebra" to map virtual nodes and links to substrate nodes and paths in cloud. In this approach, we define a measure criterion to rank the substrate nodes, and map the virtual nodes to substrate nodes according to their ranks by using a greedy algorithm. In addition, considering multi-constraint routing in virtual link mapping stage, the used paths algebra framework allows a more flexible and extendable embedding. Obtained results of simulations show appropriate improvement in acceptance ratio of virtual networks and cost incurred by the infrastructure networks.

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