Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN)
empower Service Function Chaining (SFC), which integrates an ordered list of Virtualized …

Service Function Chaining (SFC) has recently received considerable attentions from both
industry and academia, due to its potential for improving the flexibility of provisioning and …

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 …

The shift towards a completely virtualized networking environment is triggered by the
emergence of software defined networking and network function virtualization (NFV) …

With the emergence of network function virtualization (NFV), and software-defined
networking (SDN), the realization and implementation of service function chains (SFCs) …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology to implement network
functions in software, which reduces equipment costs (CAPEX) and operational cost (OPEX) …

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) implements virtual network functions (such as
firewall, IDS, etc.) as service chains over a cloud computing infrastructure to provide …

With the advent of network function virtualization (NFV), outsourcing network functions (NFs)
to the cloud is becoming increasingly popular for enterprises since it brings significant …

The end-to-end network services often requires various Network Functions (NFs) that
provides the L4-L7 functionality. Service Function Chaining (SFC), which consists of an …

In recent years, service function chaining (SFC) has been developed besides software-
defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV), which open new …