The Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is undoubtedly a key technological
advancement in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) community …

The virtual network function (VNF) is a virtual machine with specific software. A set of related
VNFs can be represented as a network service (NS). The placement of all the VNFs of an NS …

This paper aims to review some reliability and availability methodologies suitable to
characterize telecommunication networks behavior, in particular, in the presence random …

Network functions virtualization (NFV) allows service providers to deliver new services to
their customers more quickly by adopting software-centric network functions implementation …

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a concept, which has attracted significant attention
as a promising approach towards the virtualization/“softwarisation” of network …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has emerged as an operator proposal for offering
network services with network functions implemented in software, which may be located in …

Network functions virtualization (NFV) attributes to the substitute of network functions on
dedicated appliances such as load balancers and routers with the use of virtualized …

New and different trends in networks have been promoted in recent years, among these,
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has emerged as an initiative from the industry …

The NFV is focused at virtualizing network functions such as gateways, path computing
devices, resource allocation mechanisms, proxies, firewalls and transcoders, traditionally …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging network architecture that employs the
concept of virtualization and allows the consolidation of many network services on top of an …