Abstract Service function chaining (SFC) is a trending paradigm and it has attracted
considerable attention from both the industry and academia because of its potential to …

Network functions virtualization intertwined with software-defined networking opens up great
opportunities for flexible provisioning and composition of network functions, known as …

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) utilizes IT virtualization technology to realize the
functions of various network devices and realize the decoupling of hardware and software …

With the emergence of network function virtualization (NFV), and software-defined
networking (SDN), the realization and implementation of service function chains (SFCs) …

Mobile networks have urgent demands of fine-grained, cost-effective and flexible service
provision for diversified user traffic. To cope with these demands, researchers have …

Service function chaining is a network capability that provides support for application-driven-
networking through the ordered interconnection of service functions. The lifecycle …

Frequent cyber-attacks force the service provider to employ security-aware service functions
(SFs) to accommodate client network requests. Thanks to virtualization techniques' maturity …

Cloud computing is gaining significant attention and virtualized datacenters are becoming
popular as a cost-effective infrastructure. The network services are transitioning from a host …

Service Function Chaining (SFC) is a trending paradigm, which has helped to introduce
unseen flexibility in telecom networks. Network service providers, as well as big network …