Telecom/IT convergence is transforming network architectures and cost structures. Lack of
methodological support within an equipment provider organization hinders heavily the …

With the increasing adoption of cloud computing, microservice architecture, and network
function virtualization (NFV), addressing scalability and elasticity management becomes …

Model-driven software engineering not only enables the efficient development of software
but also facilitates the analysis of non-functional properties (NFPs). As UML, the most …

A composite cloud application can achieve economies of scale by sharing partner services
between tenants at runtime, following the Single-Instance Multi-Tenancy (SIMT) model …

In the framework of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), the reliability of Service Function
Chain (SFC),--an end-to-end service is presented by a chain of virtual network functions …

The momentum gained by the microservice-oriented architecture is fostering the diffusion of
operating system containers. Existing studies mainly focus on the performance of …

Computational services are progressively migrating to container-based solutions due to their
faster provision time and lower resource allocation overhead. Service providers rely on …

Nowadays, network and telecommunication operators require flexible and dynamic models
to deploy new services in a fast, reliable and cost saving way. The Service Function …

As the next generation networks promise network convergence with services for both static
and mobile networks, the research focus is converging towards standardizing a common …