The adoption of the virtualization paradigm in both computing and networking domains
portends a landscape of heterogeneous service capabilities and resources pervasively …

Network softwarization is emerging as a techno-economic transformation trend that impacts
the way that network service providers deliver their network services significantly. As a key …

Abstract Service Function Chaining (SFC) is the problem of deploying various network
service instances over geographically distributed data centers and providing inter …

This manuscript investigates the issue of implementing chains of network functions in a
“softwarized” environment where edge network middle-boxes are replaced by software …

The emerging paradigm of network function virtualization advocates deploying virtualized
network functions (VNFs) on standard virtualization platforms for significant cost reduction …

The adoption of virtualization technologies in networking is promoting a radical innovation in
the way network services are managed and delivered. Indeed, some network services may …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging paradigm that turns hardware-
dependent implementation of network functions (ie, middleboxes) into software modules …

This article proposes an approach that enables a cloud infrastructure MANO entity, in a
virtualized infrastructure (eg, a data center) that hosts virtualized networks and services, to …

The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is enabling flexibility, programmability
and implementation of traditional network functions into generic hardware, in form of the so …

With more and more tenants launching their applications on the cloud, various requirements
have been posed regarding the cloud's performance, security, and management. In the face …