Traffic flows are often processed by a chain of Service Functions (SFs)(known as Service
Function Chaining (SFC)) to satisfy service requirements. The deployed path for a SFC is …

We present the SPN OS, a Network-as-a-Service orchestration platform for NFV/SDN
integrated service provisioning across multiple datacenters over packet/optical networks …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is emerging as a promising paradigm for network
architectures. By migrating network functions from dedicated hardware appliances to …

Network service chaining, originally conceived in the network function virtualization (NFV)
framework for software defined networks (SDN), is becoming an attractive solution for …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a novel technology that enables flexible
and cost-effective network services by replacing the hardware-based middleboxes with …

A “service design” paradigm is presented to flexibly accommodate customized services by
applying and chaining reconfigurable virtual network functions. Functional and featured …

As the most important fabric of fixed networks, the optical network plays an important role in
expanding network capacity and providing long distance communication. At present, the …

Service chaining is the concept of steering traffic across various predetermined network
functions (aka services or middleboxes). It is well-studied topic and many recent techniques …

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

The development of network function virtualization (NFV) enables service providers to
provision various network services with virtual network function service chains (vNF-SCs) …