The service function chain (SFC) routing has been increasingly associated with multi-
domain networks. However, several multi-domain SFC routing issues, linked to cross …

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 …

Service Function Chaining (SFC) can be a basic deployment unit that composes a chaining
order of required network functions to provide a network service. With the proliferation of …

Future networks are expected to support cross-domain, cost-aware and fine-grained
services in an efficient and flexible manner. Service Function Chaining (SFC) has been …

The emergence of software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization
(NFV) facilitates policy-driven and dynamic service function chaining (SFC). In recent years …

Abstract Service Function Chaining (SFC) supports services through linking an ordered list
of functions. There may be multiple instances of the same function, which provides a …

The emerging Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technology decouples network
functions from the proprietary hardware, which allows the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) …

With the development of Software-Defined Networks (SDNs) and Network Function
Virtualization (NFV), Service Function Chains (SFCs), that steer the traffic through a series of …

In this paper, we address the service function chaining (SFC) problem for software-defined
wide area networks (SD-WANs). Due to its NP-hardness, the service chaining problem is …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) can help telecom operators to decouple Service
Functions (SFs) from specific hardware. Service Function Chains (SFCs) consisting of Virtual …