Network function virtualization (NFV) technology achieves flexible service deployment by
replacing the middleboxes with virtual network functions (VNFs). In NFV, a set of VNFs are …

Network function virtualization (NFV) achieves cost-effective network service provisioning
through exploitation of virtualization and automation by decoupling network functions …

Abstract Service function chaining (SFC) is a trending paradigm and it has attracted
considerable attention from both the industry and academia because of its potential to …

Multicast is an effective transmission mode to support ever-growing multimedia applications.
The introduction of software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization …

Service function chaining (SFC) enables the traffic to be sequentially processed by the
service functions (SFs) based on its service requirement. Any failure on the service function …

Along with the increasing demand for latency-sensitive services and applications,
Deterministic Network (DetNet) concept has been recently proposed to investigate …

Service Function Chaining (SFC) is a prominent research field in networking with several
proposals from industry and academia. The lack of tools to check SFC path correctness …

Business models of network service providers are undergoing an evolving transformation
fueled by vertical customer demands and technological advances such as 5G, Software …

Frequent cyber-attacks force the service provider to employ security-aware service functions
(SFs) to accommodate client network requests. Thanks to virtualization techniques' maturity …

Service Function Chaining (SFC) is a networking concept by which traffic is steered through
a set of ordered functions composing an end-to-end service. It represents one of the …