Software-based sequential service chains in Network Function Virtualization (NFV) could
introduce significant performance overhead. Current acceleration efforts for NFV mainly …

The objectives of this survey are to provide an in-depth coverage of a few selected research
papers that have made significant contributions to the development of Network Function …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a new networking paradigm based on decoupling
network functions from dedicated hardware, so these network functions can be run as pieces …

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

Network function virtualization is quickly gaining acceptance as the new approach to
delivering communication services. The promises of greater flexibility and dramatically …

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) is a promising technology to decouple the network
functions from dedicated hardware elements, leading to the significant cost reduction in …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an innovative emerging concept that
decouples network functions (such as firewalls, DNS, NATs, load balancers, etc.) from …

The Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is the most promising technique to
help network providers in the reduction of capital and energy costs. The deployment of …

Service function chain (SFC) is a series of ordered virtual network functions (VNFs) for
processing traffic flows in the virtualized networking environment of future networks. In this …