Network function virtualization technology makes the deployment and management of
network service more flexible and elastic by decoupling network function from dedicated …

With the introduction of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), the network functions of
operator networks are no longer dependent on dedicated hardware devices, and service …

Network functions (eg, firewalls, load balancers, etc.) have been traditionally provided
through proprietary hardware appliances. Often, hardware appliances need to be hardwired …

In the network function virtualization environment, dynamic changes in network traffic will
lead to the dynamic changes of service function chain resource demand, which entails …

Network function virtualization (NFV) and Service function chaining (SFC) can fulfill the
traditional network functions by simply running special softwares on general‐purpose …

Network function virtualization enables service providers to flexibly deploy network services.
The existing works mainly focus on function placement and capacity allocation without …

Network function virtualization (NFV) has become an emerging issue in both academia and
industry. By outsourcing network functions from dedicated hardware to virtualization …

In this paper, a service function chain (SFC) deployment method based on network function
virtualization (NFV) is disclosed. Based on the network function virtualization technology …

Recently, network function virtualization (NFV) has been proposed to solve the dilemma
faced by traditional networks and to improve network performance through hardware and …

Considering that it is difficult to balance efficiency and resource utilization of Service Chain
(SC) mapping problem in Software Defined Network (SDN)/Network Function Virtualization …