Topology based reliable virtual network embedding from a QoE perspective

Abstract

In the network virtualization environments, one of the most challenges is how to map the virtual networks (VNs) onto a shared substrate network managed by an infrastructure provider (InP), which is termed as virtual network embedding problem. Prior studies on this issue only emphasize on maximizing the revenue or minimizing the energy consumption while ignoring the reliability requirements of end-users. In our work, we incorporate the reliability probability into the virtual network embedding process with an aim to improve the QoS/QoE of end users from a new perspective. We devised two novel reliable virtual network embedding algorithms called RRW-MaxMatch and RDCC-VNE based on RW-MaxMatch and DCC-VNE, respectively. Extensive simulations demonstrated that the efficiency of our proposed algorithms is better than those of two primitive algorithms in terms of the reliability demands, the acceptance ratio of virtual networks and the long-term average revenue.