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 …

Cloud services are now well established. Thanks to specific providers' pioneering work, they
offer on-site the benefit of predictability, continuity, and quality of service provided by …

Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN) extend the capability of wireless networks
and will be the essential building block for many advanced applications, like autonomous …

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a new network architecture concept which
leverages virtualization technologies to make the management of network functions like …

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 …

With the fast development of Internet, network traffic rapidly grows and the size of Internet
scale gradually becomes bigger. It brings serious challenges to Network Service Chain …

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

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

Service function chaining (SFC) refers to as an order set composed of multiple service
functions (SFs) that specific flows should be processed. In this paper, we formulate an …

The emergence of large-scale federated Cloud computing environments and of dynamic
resource pricing schemes presents interesting saving opportunities for service providers …