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 …

The dependence of traditional network functions (NFs) on special hardware results in high
capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operating expenditures (OPEX). Network Function …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology to decouple the network
functions from dedicated hardware elements, leading to the significant cost reduction in …

This work addresses the relatively long setup latency and complicated network control and
management caused by on-demand virtual network function service chain (vNF-SC) …

In today's datacenters (DCs), IT resources virtualization is leveraged to realize Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) over general-purpose servers. Meanwhile, most of the service …

Acting as a promising technology to bring revolutionary changes to how the networks are
architected, network function virtualization (NFV) leverages IT virtualization technologies to …

Abstract The emerging Software Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm is being adopted by
the telecom industry since it enables flexible network resource allocation, configuration and …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is an emerging network paradigm that decouples
softwarized network functions from proprietary hardware. Nowadays, resource allocation …

In network traffic engineering, multicast is designed to deliver the same content from a single
source to a group of destinations. Recently, NFV enabled multicast has been developed by …

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