Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology decouples network
functions from hardware. Network service in NFV is deployed as a service chain, also known …

Diverse proprietary network appliances increase both the capital and operational expense
of service providers, meanwhile causing problems of network ossification. Network function …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) simplifies the deployment of network services by
leveraging virtualization technologies to make the management of network functions more …

Service Function Chain (SFC) has been an inevitable element for the development of
Network Function Virtualization (NFV). SFC usually consists of some Virtual Network …

To accelerate the implementation of network functions/middle boxes and reduce the
deployment cost, recently the concept of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has emerged …

Although network function virtualization (NFV) has been proven to be beneficial in terms of
equipment cost, service delivery flexibility, and time-to-market, most of the studies in this …

By separating network functionalities from the dedicated hardware and implementing them
in the form of Virtual Network Function (VNF), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) …

In network function virtualization, virtual network functions (VNFs) are usually chained in
specific orders to generate service function chains (SFCs). Recently, SFC parallelism has …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) decouples network functions from dedicated
hardware devices into Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). These VNFs are chained in order …

To accelerate the implementation of network functions/middle boxes and reduce the
deployment cost, recently, the concept of network function virtualization (NFV) has emerged …