NFV platforms: Taxonomy, design choices and future challenges

T Zhang, H Qiu, L Linguaglossa… - … on Network and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the intrinsically inefficient service provisioning in traditional networks, Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) keeps gaining attention from both industry and academia. By …

Re-architecting NFV ecosystem with microservices: State of the art and research challenges

SR Chowdhury, MA Salahuddin, N Limam… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV), considered a key enabler of network" softwarization",
promises to reduce capital and operational expenditures for network operators by moving …

Network function virtualization: State-of-the-art and research challenges

R Mijumbi, J Serrat, JL Gorricho… - … surveys & tutorials, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) has drawn significant attention from both industry and
academia as an important shift in telecommunication service provisioning. By decoupling …

A comprehensive survey of network function virtualization

B Yi, X Wang, K Li, M Huang - Computer Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

Software-defined network function virtualization: A survey

Y Li, M Chen - IEEE Access, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Diverse proprietary network appliances increase both the capital and operational expense
of service providers, meanwhile causing problems of network ossification. Network function …

Network functions virtualization: The long road to commercial deployments

AU Rehman, RL Aguiar, JP Barraca - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network operators are under pressure to offer efficient network-based services while
keeping service deployment costs to a minimum. Network functions virtualization (NFV) can …

A disaggregated packet processing architecture for network function virtualization

SR Chowdhury, H Bian, T Bai… - IEEE Journal on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) promises to reduce the capital and operational
expenditure for network operators by moving packet processing from purpose-built …

Network function virtualization: Challenges and opportunities for innovations

B Han, V Gopalakrishnan, L Ji… - IEEE communications …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization was recently proposed to improve the flexibility of network
service provisioning and reduce the time to market of new services. By leveraging …

Toward high-performance and scalable network functions virtualization

C Wang, O Spatscheck, V Gopalakrishnan… - IEEE Internet …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network functions virtualization (NFV) promises to bring significant flexibility and cost
savings to networking. These improvements are predicated on being able to run many …

HYPER: A hybrid high-performance framework for network function virtualization

C Sun, J Bi, Z Zheng, H Hu - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) offers the potential for both enhancing service delivery
flexibility and reducing overall costs by virtualizing network functions that are traditionally …