Fog computing paradigms are proposed to overcome delay limitations associated with cloud
computing. This is accomplished by transferring the computational and storage resources …

High availability is one of the important requirements of many end-to-end services in the
Internet of Things (IoT). This is a critical issue in network function virtualization (NFV) and …

Many studies have investigated service function chain (SFC) mapping in cloud networks.
However there is a growing need to extend this provisioning to fog networks to support …

The recent developments in networking research leverage the principles of virtualization
and service-orientation to enable fundamental changes in network architecture, which forms …

Abstract The advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technology has brought
flexible provisioning to Fog–Cloud Computing-based Networks (FCCNs) for enterprises to …

Recently, distributed cloud infrastructures have become a potential business opportunity for
most service providers due to the exponential growth of connected devices. The advent of …

The Internet of Things (IoT) aims to connect everyday physical objects to the internet. These
objects will produce a significant amount of data. The traditional cloud computing …

By decoupling network functions from the underlying hardware, Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) allows application components to be implemented as sets of Virtual …

Nowadays, service function chaining (SFC) becomes more and more widespread and
profound to implement flexible and economical virtual network infrastructures for the Internet …

This letter presents a novel provisioning scheme for service function chain (SFC) requests
for delay-sensitive applications. The SFC is comprised of virtual network functions (VNF) to …