Modern services consist of interconnected components, eg, microservices in a service mesh
or machine learning functions in a pipeline. These services can scale and run across …

The concept of a programmable network instantiates dedicated network slices for
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based on-demand communication layers which improve …

Many research efforts have gone into upgrading antiquated communication network
infrastructures with better ones to support contemporary services and applications. Smart …

The optimum utilization of infrastructural resources is a highly desired yet cumbersome task
for service providers to achieve. This is because the optimal amount of such resources is a …

The network function virtualization (NFV) is a developing architecture that uses virtualization
technology to separate software from hardware. One of the most important challenges of …

The network slicing (NS) technique is comprehensively reshaping the next-generation
communication networks (eg, 5G and 6G). Software-defined networking (SDN) and network …

Services often consist of multiple chained components such as microservices in a service
mesh, or machine learning functions in a pipeline. Providing these services requires online …

Virtualization is instigating a paradigm shift in the networking industry, to keep up with
emerging application's quality of service requirements, massive growth in traffic volume, and …

The increased demand for high-quality Internet connectivity resulting from the growing
number of connected devices and advanced services has put significant strain on …

In this article, we propose a profile-based data-driven analysis framework to extract and
analyze the characteristics and behavior of virtualized network functions (VNFs) in …