Nowadays, many cloud providers offer Virtual Network Function (VNF) services that are
dynamically scaled according to the workload. Enterprises enjoy these services by only paying …

… functions to the cloud datacenter. In this paper, we address the virtual network function (VNF)
placement problem in cloud datacenter considering users’ service function chain requests (…

… Abstract—Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is incre… ) in their carrier networks, by means
of Virtual Network Function (VNF) … Network function placement for NFV chaining in packet/…

… Abstract—Virtualization technologies are changing the way network operators … Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm, which consists in instantiating Virtual Network Function (…

… placement of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) on federated cloud are of crucial importance.
In this paper, we introduce different VNF placement … to build a Virtual Network Infrastructure (…

… Network Function Virtualization (NFV) [3], a technique that proposes to replace hardware
middleboxes with software-based network functions … the required Virtual Network Function (VNF…

… placement of demanded network services in the NFV infrastructure. The virtual network
function placement and network … the restrictions of the network infrastructure and the services …

… sequence of Virtual Network Functions (VNF) that can run … Virtual Network Functions (VNF)
that can run on generic servers by leveraging the virtualization technology. Service Function …

… -end service, also known as service function chains (SFCs). In this … function chains over
network function virtualized architecture. Specifically, we study virtual network function placement …

… Hence, operators are interested in Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)… Network Function
Virtualization (NFV)-capable network elements such as routers and switches. However, placement …