Abstract Nowadays, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a growing and powerful
technology in the research community and IT world. Traditional computer networks consist of …

Network slicing has become a fundamental property for next-generation networks,
especially because an inherent part of 5G standardisation is the ability for service providers …

Network function virtualization (NFV) and mobile-edge computing (MEC) have been
introduced by Internet service providers (ISPs) to deal with various challenges, which hinder …

Diffusion-based molecular nanonetworks exploit the diffusion of molecules, eg, in free space
or in blood vessels, for the purpose of communication. This article comprehensively surveys …

Existing Network Function Virtualization (NFV) service placements that reuse already
deployed network functions either reuse an entire Service Function Chain (SFC) or only …

The combination of mobile edge computing and network function virtualization has led to the
emergence of Virtualized Network Function (VNF) in a broader range of application …

Media services must ensure an enhanced user's perceived quality during content playback
to attract and retain audiences, especially while the streams are distributed remotely via …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) offers service delivery flexibility and reduces overall
costs by running service function chains (SFCs) on commodity servers with many cores …

The last decade has witnessed important development of network softwarization that has
revolutionized the practice of networks. Virtualized networks bring novel and specific …

With the emerge of the network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined network
(SDN), the SDN/NFV-enabled network has been recognized as one of the most promising …