Management of virtual network function (VNF) service chaining for a large scale network
spanning across multiple administrative domains is difficult due to the decentralized nature …

Network infrastructure operation and management are becoming increasingly complex. This
complexity is a result of multi-vendor devices, distributed platforms, and the numerous …

Software-defined networking (SDN) and the network function virtualization (NFV) led to great
developments in software based control technology by decreasing expenditures. Service …

NFV-MANO has become the de-facto standard for network service orchestration in future
programmable network infrastructures. Relevant standards define an architecture and a data …

Nowadays, service function chaining (SFC) becomes more and more widespread and
profound to implement flexible and economical virtual network infrastructures for the Internet …

Network function virtualization (NFV) moves hardware-based middleboxes to software-
defined virtual network functions (VNFs) running on standard machines. By incorporating …

Service Function Chaining (SFC) is a hot topic in the research field of network function
virtualization (NFV). At present, there are many research results related to SFC …

Service function (SF) chaining enables network operators and infrastructure providers to
flexibly orchestrate virtualized network functions (NFs) at various places on software defined …

Network function virtualization (NFV) has emerged as a promising paradigm for transforming
network functions from dedicated hardware to software middleboxes, which can …

In order to simplify deployment and management of IoT services, Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) and Service Function Chaining (SFC) are promising solutions, and …