A Service Function Chain (SFC) is an ordered sequence of network functions (NFs). With the
emerging Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm, NFs can be deployed as …

There has been a shift in research towards the convergence of the Internet-of-Things (IoT)
and cloud computing paradigms motivated by the need for IoT applications to leverage the …

Network function virtualization (NFV) provides an effective way to decouple network
functions from the proprietary hardware, allowing the network providers to implement …

Network functions typically need to be visited in a specific order to meet certain objectives,
giving rise to the notion of Service Function Chaining. Software-Defined-Networking enables …

Abstract Recently Service Function Chaining (SFC) is promising to innovate the network
service mode in modern networks. However, a feasible implementation of SFC is still difficult …

To realize a cost-efficient, affordable, economical, flexible, elastic and innovative network
service, the concepts of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined …

The emergence of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Service Function Chaining
(SFC) together enable flexible and agile network management and traffic engineering. Due …

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