Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (8): 2677-2687.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2022.08.34

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Multi-parameter sensitivity analysis of network function virtualization application availability

Jie ZHU1,3, Ning HUANG1,2,*, Liang CHENG3   

  1. 1. School of Reliability and Systems Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
    2. Yunnan Innovation Institute of Beihang University, Kunming 650233, China
    3. Data Communication Products Line of Huawei Technologies Corporation Limited, Beijing 100191, China
  • Received:2021-08-25 Online:2022-08-01 Published:2022-08-24
  • Contact: Ning HUANG

Abstract:

Hardware and software device types are increasing with the virtualization of network functions. Different devices have different fault and recovery parameters, which affect application availability. It is difficult to find the key parameters that have the greatest impact on application availability, because different applications share network device resources. The correctness of the results are difficult to be ensured by existing local sensitivity analysis methods, and existing global sensitivity analysis methods require a large number of simulation samples and are difficult to be conducted. Therefore, this paper divides the parameters in the network into heterogeneous and homogeneous ones, and then analyses them by the total effect index method and the dynamic application intermediate method respectively. Finally, the key parameters in the network are found by synthesizing the analysis results of the two methods. The proposed method can ensure the accuracy of the results and greatly reduce the sample size of simulation.

Key words: network function virtualization (NFV), application availability, sensitivity analysis, key parameters

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