A Solution for Goal-oriented Policy Refinement in NFV Management and Orchestration Systems

  • Michel Bonfim UFPE / UFC
  • Fred Freitas UFPE
  • Stênio Fernandes UFPE

Resumo


In this thesis, we propose an automated policy refinement procedure for NFV-MANO systems based on planning and description logic reasoning. It is implemented in ATOM, a framework that enables NFV-MANO to record high-level goals and performs a fully automated policy refinement that derives enforceable rules to govern NFV-MANO behavioral choices. Besides, ATOM provides a semantic verification system to find inconsistencies among policies. Experiments have shown that our solution scales well considering realistic scenarios with different sizes.

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Publicado
16/08/2021
BONFIM, Michel; FREITAS, Fred; FERNANDES, Stênio. A Solution for Goal-oriented Policy Refinement in NFV Management and Orchestration Systems. In: CONCURSO DE TESES E DISSERTAÇÕES - SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE REDES DE COMPUTADORES E SISTEMAS DISTRIBUÍDOS (SBRC), 39. , 2021, Uberlândia. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2021 . p. 73-80. ISSN 2177-9384. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbrc_estendido.2021.17156.