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 framework of network function virtualization, we consider in this paper the execution of
Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) in data centers whose computing capacities are …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) provides great flexibility in solving the
problem of deploying service function chains (SFCs). The existing serial SFCs organize …

Compared with executing Network Functions (NFs) on dedicated hardwares, the recent
trend of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) holds the promise for operators to flexibly …

Network softwarization is one of the major paradigm shifts in the next generation of
networks. It enables programmable and flexible management and deployment of the …

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

Network function virtualization (NFV) allows service provides to implement network
processing functionality in software using standard computing servers. As such, this …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been proposed as an important
paradigm to speed up the service deployment and provision, by decoupling network …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging approach to serve diverse
demands of network services by decoupling network functions and dedicated network …

Service Function Chaining (SFC) is regarded as an important concept for next-generation
communication networks because it can flexibly tackle diverse usage scenarios. Due to SFC …