Towards making network function virtualization a cloud computing service

W Rankothge, J Ma, F Le, A Russo… - 2015 IFIP/IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
By allowing network functions to be virtualized and run on commodity hardware, NFV
enables new properties (eg, elastic scaling), and new service models for Service Providers …

Orchestrating network function virtualization platform: Migration or re-instantiation?

H Hawilo, M Jammal, A Shami - 2017 IEEE 6th International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) provokes the evolution of network functions to
overcome various challenges facing the network service providers (NSPs). To exploit the …

Coordinated allocation of service function chains

MT Beck, JF Botero - 2015 IEEE global communications …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging initiative to overcome increasing
operational and capital costs faced by network operators due to the need to physically locate …

Piecing together the NFV provisioning puzzle: Efficient placement and chaining of virtual network functions

MC Luizelli, LR Bays, LS Buriol… - 2015 IFIP/IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising network architecture concept, in which
virtualization technologies are employed to manage networking functions via software as …

Replication of virtual network functions: Optimizing link utilization and resource costs

F Carpio, W Bziuk, A Jukan - 2017 40th International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is enabling the softwarization of traditional network
services, commonly deployed in dedicated hardware, into generic hardware in form of …

Network function consolidation in service function chaining orchestration

T Wen, H Yu, G Sun, L Liu - 2016 IEEE international conference …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology proposed to improve
service provisioning in telecommunication industry. The flexibility of NFV enables network …

Optimizing NFV chain deployment through minimizing the cost of virtual switching

MC Luizelli, D Raz, Y Sa'ar - IEEE INFOCOM 2018-IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a novel paradigm that enables flexible and scalable
implementation of network services on cloud infrastructure. A key factor in the success of …

A model for QoS-aware VNF placement and provisioning

DB Oljira, KJ Grinnemo, J Taheri… - 2017 IEEE conference …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising solution for telecom operators and
service providers to improve business agility, by enabling a fast deployment of new services …

A QoS assured network service chaining algorithm in network function virtualization architecture

T Kim, S Kim, K Lee, S Park - 2015 15th IEEE/ACM …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) architecture, Network Service Chaining (NSC)
is consisted in a certain order of network elements so that it can provide flexible network …

Profit-driven resource provisioning in NFV-based environments

W Racheg, N Ghrada, MF Zhani - 2017 IEEE International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emergent paradigm that is currently transforming
the way network services are provisioned and managed. The main idea of NFV is to …