Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology proposed to improve
service provisioning in telecommunication industry. The flexibility of NFV enables network …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a new networking paradigm based on decoupling
network functions from dedicated hardware, so these network functions can be run as pieces …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising network architecture concept, in which
virtualization technologies are employed to manage networking functions via software as …

The Virtual Network Function (VNF) embedding problem is important for service provision in
the context of Network Function Virtualisation (NFV). However, this problem is proved to be …

In Network Function Virtualization (NFV), network functions are implemented as Virtual
Network Functions (VNFs), that are software instances running on physical servers or …

With the development of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Virtual Network Functions
(VNFs) can be deployed in a common platform such as virtual machines in the form of …

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 …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging approach that has received attention
from both academia and industry as a way to improve flexibility, efficiency, and …

Following the trend of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), dedicated hardware
middleboxes are replaced with innovative and flexible software middleboxes also known as …

Middleboxes (ie, firewall, cache, proxy, etc.) are hardware appliances designed to enforce
security and performance policies. Being an integral part of today's cloud and enterprise …