To minimize operating expenses (OPEX) and enhance flexibility for network service
provisioning, network function virtualization (NFV) is used to chain an ordered sequence of …

Diverse proprietary network appliances increase both the capital and operational expense
of service providers, meanwhile causing problems of network ossification. Network function …

The integration of software‐defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization
(NFV) enables the flexible deployment of network services and significant reduction in …

Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) together form
a promising paradigm that enables the slicing of heterogeneous network resources for agile …

Network Service Chaining (NSC) is a service concept which promises increased flexibility
and cost-efficiency for future carrier networks. The two recent developments, Network …

Emerging technologies such as Software-Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) promise to address cost reduction and flexibility in network operation …

There is currently a strong interest in both industry and academia in the softwarization of
telecommunication networks and cloud computing infrastructures. This evolution is enabled …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has inspired numerous orchestration algorithms to
decide Virtualized Network Function (VNF) placement and routing paths for service requests …

The integration of software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization
(NFV) is a promising approach to support flexible service deployment and provisioning. In …

The objectives of this survey are to provide an in-depth coverage of a few selected research
papers that have made significant contributions to the development of Network Function …