Abstract The emergence of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) is drastically reshaping
the arrangement of network functions. Instead of being built on dedicated hardware (network …

Recently, the widespread use of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has meant a
significant shift in communication and network cloud-based services. NFV increases network …

The widespread adoption of network function virtualization (NFV) leads to providing network
services through a chain of virtual network functions (VNFs). This architecture is called …

Abstract Service Function Chaining (SFC) has become an integral part of every emerging
application to satisfy its specific demand. Due to the massive increase in such diverse …

Service Function Chains (SFCs) are compositions of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)
designed to provide complex network services. In this work, we propose a strategy to build …

Following the trend of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), dedicated hardware
middleboxes are replaced with innovative and flexible software middleboxes also known as …

Service Function Chaining (SFC) is a hot topic in the research field of network function
virtualization (NFV). At present, there are many research results related to SFC …

To meet the increasing traffic demands characterized by large bandwidth and high
burstiness, more traffic has been moving to inter-datacenter elastic optical networks (inter …

In the context of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Services (NS) are realized
by interconnecting Virtual Network Functions (VNF) using Virtual Links (VL). Service …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has changed the way operators can provision network
services. Decoupling network functions from dedicated hardware and running them on …