Today, modern telco infrastructures are espousing softwarized paradigms (eg virtualization,
containerization), which are necessary to implement the network slicing, and, consequently …

The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is giving impetus to novel
telecommunication infrastructures that readily benefit from virtualized environments. One of …

Nowadays, information technology and communication systems are evolving, and there is a
growing demand for multiservice network analysis processes to provide multimedia services …

Defined by the 3GPP, the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is an architectural framework that
enables the delivery of multimedia services in mobile networks. Based on the Session …

The reputation of network providers strongly depends on their ability to guarantee high
performance levels of virtualized infrastructures, and to maintain strict Quality-of-Service …

A major challenge to the anticipated large scale deployment of virtual network functions
(VNFs) at the network edge (NE) is the ability to efficiently allocate and manage its scarce …

The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm has been devised as an enabler of next
generation network infrastructures by speeding up the provisioning and the composition of …

Abstract Lucent IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture provides an open framework for
multimedia applications that support blended text, voice, and video services. Providing …

Abstract Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has emerged as an approach to master
growing system complexity by proposing services as basic building elements of system …

Today's businesses rely ever more on dependable service provision deployed on
information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructures. Service dependability is …