In Network Function Virtualization (NFV), a series of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)
organized in a specific order (called Service Function Chain, SFC) could offer an end-to-end …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology, which enables service
agility, flexibility and cost reduction by replacing traditional hardware middleboxes with …

Network function virtualization (NFV) has already been a new paradigm for network
architectures. By migrating NFs from dedicated hardware to virtualization platform, NFV can …

The proposition of network function virtualization (NFV) aims to solve the difficulty and
ossification in current network's management and service provision caused by ever-growing …

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

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has recently emerged as a means to replace vendor
specific, purpose built equipment with commodity hardware and leverage the open APIs and …

In network function virtualization, virtual network functions (VNFs) are usually chained in
specific orders to generate service function chains (SFCs). Recently, SFC parallelism has …

To reduce the processing delay from the sequentially running virtual network functions
(VNFs) in a service function chain (SFC), network function parallelism (NFP) is introduced …

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a promising solution to provide cost-efficient,
scalable and rapid deployment of network services. It allows the implementation of fine …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) provides higher flexibility for network operators and
reduces the complexity in network service deployment. Using NFV, Virtual Network …