Network Function Virtualization (NFV) brings a cloud service automation paradigm to
demand-driven elastic flexing of infrastructure resources. Thus, it is essential to characterize …

Traffic and resource monitoring is the essential function for large-scale enterprises, service
providers, and network operators to ensure reliability, availability, and security of their …

Network operators are under pressure to offer efficient network-based services while
keeping service deployment costs to a minimum. Network functions virtualization (NFV) can …

In the context of NFV and agile service production, virtualization of resources and SFC play
a key role in automating network services deployment. Designing NFV management and …

Network function virtualization (NFV) implements network middleboxes in software, enabling
them to be more flexible and dynamic. NFV resource allocation methods can exploit the …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are deeply
changing the networking field by introducing software at any level, aiming at decoupling the …

As the number of devices for Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly growing, existing
communication infrastructures are forced to continually evolve. The next generation network …

One of the biggest challenges for the real-world application of network function virtualization
(NFV) is reducing the development complexity of both virtualized network functions (VNF) …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a novel concept that is reshaping the
middlebox arena, shifting network functions (eg firewall, gateways, proxies) from specialized …

Most challenges associated with Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) are related to the
automated and large-scale deployment of virtualised network functions (VNFs) within an …