A satellite SFCs reliability protection method

Abstract

This paper discusses the reliability deployment of Service Function Chain (SFC) on the hybrid satellite network based on SDN architecture. Firstly, this paper describes the reliability protection problem of SFC, establishes the underlying network and SFC request model, and then establishes the reliability requirement model of network service function and the reliability requirement model of LEO satellite link, and clarifies the optimization goals and constraints. Then, a reliability-based satellite service function chain protection method is proposed, including a reliability protection algorithm based on deep reinforcement learning and a reliability backup algorithm based on LEO satellite node and link. Experiments show that the proposed reliability-based satellite service function chain protection method can improve the SFC request acceptance rate, reduce the average delay, and maintain high request acceptance on hybrid satellite networks based on SDN architecture.

Keywords

• satellite network|reliability protection|sfcs|reliability protection method|deep reinforcement learning