Nowadays, service function chaining (SFC) becomes more and more widespread and
profound to implement flexible and economical virtual network infrastructures for the Internet …

With the rapid development of novel techniques like software-defined networks and network
function virtualization, the newer concept-service function chains (SFCs)-can be applied in …

Service function (SF) chaining enables network operators and infrastructure providers to
flexibly orchestrate virtualized network functions (NFs) at various places on software defined …

The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) in various mission-critical applications generates
service heterogeneity with different priority labels. A set of virtual network function (VNF) …

With the evolution toward 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to manage resource
dynamically and provide customized services for different users in a cost-effective manner …

Network virtualization techniques are promising to overcome the obstacle of applying and
expanding costly traditional networks in the industrial Internet of things (IIoT). Artificial …

Network function virtualization (NFV) utilizes IT virtualization technology to realize the
functions of various network devices and realize the decoupling of hardware and software …

To minimize operating expenses (OPEX) and enhance flexibility for network service
provisioning, network function virtualization (NFV) is used to chain an ordered sequence of …

Private and public networks sharing resources for Internet of Things (IoT) network through
network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) forms a …

Abstract Next-Generation Networks (NGNs) provide efficient services to improve the overall
network performance, especially in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. However, service …