With the increase in network management and operation costs, Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) has attracted growing attention from researchers. In virtualized …

Network function virtualization promises a significant advantage for addressing diverse
quality of service requirements via chains of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). Service …

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging initiative where standard IT
virtualization evolves to consolidate network functions onto high volume servers, switches …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) was recently proposed to improve the flexibility of
network service provisioning and reduce the deployment costs by the decoupling the …

Abstract The idea of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is to decouple of network
functions from dedicated hardwares to obtain higher flexibility in terms of network …

In the network function virtualization (NFV) environment, network services are usually
provided in the form of service function chains (SFCs), which defines the link order of virtual …

Abstract In the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) environment, for the reliability problem
of Service Function Chain (SFC) deployment, a joint optimization method is proposed for …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology that reduces cost and
brings flexibility in the provisioning of services. NFV-based networks are expected to be able …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) converts network functions executed by costly
middleboxes into instances of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) hosted by industry-standard …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) stands out quickly as a promising innovation in
telecommunication networks. It leverages the concept of cloud technology and virtualization …