Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising network architecture concept, in which
virtualization technologies are employed to manage networking functions via software as …

SFCs are an ordered collection of virtual network functions (VNFs) that can be used to
provide a specific network service. Service providers started using high performance VMs for …

This paper proposes an availability-aware service provisioning model with backup sub-
chain-enabled sharing in network function virtualization to minimize the deployment cost. A …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging technology proposed to improve
service provisioning in telecommunication industry. The flexibility of NFV enables network …

Telecommunications services have been traditionally designed linking hardware devices
and providing mechanisms so that they can interoperate. Those devices are usually specific …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a new networking paradigm where network
functions are executed on commodity servers located in small cloud nodes distributed …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising solution for telecom operators and
service providers to improve business agility, by enabling a fast deployment of new services …

Network function virtualization (NFV) and Service function chaining (SFC) can fulfill the
traditional network functions by simply running special softwares on general‐purpose …

Network function virtualization (NFV) emerges as a promising technology to increase the
network flexibility, customizability, and efficiency by softwarizing traditional dedicated …

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