Service function chaining (SFC) allows the forwarding of traffic flows along a chain of virtual
network functions (VNFs). Software defined networking (SDN) solutions can be used to …

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a new network paradigm that has been strongly
promoted from both scientific community and telecom industry, where network functions …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) provides great flexibility in solving the
problem of deploying service function chains (SFCs). The existing serial SFCs organize …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networks (SDN) enable
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to place Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) to achieve the …

Nowadays, the compelling applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) bring unexpected
economic benefits to our daily lives. But at the same time, it also poses huge challenges to …

By using virtualization technology, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) decouples the
traditional Network Functions (NFs) from dedicated hardware, which allows the software to …

The dynamic provisioning of Service Function Chain (SFC) using Virtual Network Functions
(VNFs) is a challenging problem, especially for availability-constrained services. The …

Service chaining is a method for providing desired network services to users by
concatenating virtualized network functions (VNFs) in the network. There have been studies …

Network function virtualization is a new network concept that moves network functions from
dedicated hardware to software-defined applications running on standard high volume …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology to consolidate
network functions onto high volume storages, servers and switches located anywhere in the …