Virtual Network Embedding Based on Security Level with VNF Placement

Abstract

In this paper, in order to embed virtual networks by considering network security, we propose a virtual network embedding based on security level with VNF placement. In this method, virtual networks are embedded in a substrate network by considering security and some security VNFs are placed in order to increase the security level of substrate networks. By using our proposed method, many virtual networks can be embedded by considering security level. As a result, the reward can be increased and the cost of placing VNFs is not increased so much. We evaluate the performance of our proposed method with simulation. The performance of this method is compared with the performance of a method that places VNFs randomly and the performance of a method without placing VNFs. From numerical examples, we investigate the effectiveness of this method. In numerical examples, we show that the proposed method is effective in embedding virtual networks by considering network security.