Due to the intrinsically inefficient service provisioning in traditional networks, Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) keeps gaining attention from both industry and academia. By …

Due to the intrinsically inefficient service provisioning in traditional networks, Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) keeps gaining attention from both industry and academia. By …

Network function virtualization (NFV) has drawn significant attention from both industry and
academia as an important shift in telecommunication service provisioning. By decoupling …

Abstract Network Functions (NFs) are widely deployed to process network traffic. Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) aims to replace traditional hardware middleboxes with …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) ambitiously aims at shifting functionalities from
proprietary hardware to commodity servers as well as providing a common platform for the …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) enables operators to flexibly deploy network services
on commodity servers in an on-demand and agile manner. This has recently attracted …

Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

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

We propose SLA-NFV, a Service Level Agreement (SLA) aware framework, for building high-
performance NFV, focusing on fulfilling SLAs of service subscribers (or tenants). SLA-NFV …

Software-based service chains in Network Function Virtualization (NFV) typically suffers high
processing latency. This latency grows as chain lengths increase and possibly violates …