Abstract Service Function Chain (SFC) is an ordered list of dynamically deployed virtual
service/network functions (SFs). In a software defined SFC, Network Function Virtualization …

Software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV) are
complementary technologies that provide new solutions to design, build and operate cloud …

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

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 rapid development of network technologies and the variety of user demands make it
difficult for traditional network appliances to meet the requirements in deployment and …

Service function chaining (SFC) enables the traffic to be sequentially processed by the
service functions (SFs) based on its service requirement. Any failure on the service function …

Service Function Chaining (SFC) is an important mechanism in Software-Defined
Network/Network Function Virtualization (SDN/NFV) to allow the network traffic to be …

High availability (HA) is one of the important requirements of many end-to-end services built
on network function virtualization (NFV) and NFV-enabled service function chaining (SFC) …

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

A Service Function Chain (SFC) is an ordered Network Function (NF) chain to process flows
or packets for the end-to-end delivery of network services. In the context of Network Function …