Network Function Virtualization (NFV) explores the virtualization technologies to offer
Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) through connected virtual network functions. The network …

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) enables efficient and scalable network virtualization.
Infrastructure resources, such as computing and networking resources, can be abstracted …

Virtualization of datacenter (DC) infrastructures enables infrastructure providers (InPs) to
provide novel services like virtual networks (VNs). Furthermore, optical networks have been …

In Network Function Virtualization (NFV), traditional purpose-built proprietary middle-boxes
are replaced with virtual network function (VNF) instances that are deployed over generic …

In a network in which multiple domains are defined due to geographical and/or
administrative reasons, only a limited amount of domain information is exchanged by …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) provides the possibility to implement complex network
functions from dedicated hardware to software instances called Virtual Network Functions …

Diverse proprietary network appliances increase both the capital and operational expense
of service providers, meanwhile causing problems of network ossification. Network function …

Provisioning services for applications in networks of large data-centers is carried out as
service function chaining (SFC) by linking ordered list of functions. With the development of …

The paradigm of network function virtualization (NFV) with the support of software defined
networking (SDN) emerges as a promising approach for customizing network services in fifth …

A multidomain optical transport network composed of heterogeneous optical transport
technologies (eg, flexi/fixed-grid optical circuit switching and optical packet switching) and …