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

Dynamic service function chaining (SFC) is a technique that facilitates the enforcement of
advanced services and differentiated traffic forwarding policies. It dynamically steers the …

With the increasing demand of low-latency network services, mobile edge computing (MEC)
emerges as a new paradigm, which provides server resources and processing capacities in …

With the evolution of network function virtualization (NFV), diverse network services can be
flexibly offered as service function chains (SFCs) consisted of different virtual network …

Based on network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined network (SDN), network
slicing is proposed as a new paradigm for building service-customized 5G network. In each …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a new networking paradigm, which replaces the
specific-purpose hardware appliances with software virtualization to perform network …

Service function chains (SFCs) are an ordered set of virtual network functions (VNFs) which
can realize a specific network service. Enabled by virtualization technologies, these VNFs …

Emerging virtual network functions (VNFs) bring new opportunities to network services on
the edge within customers' premises. Network services are realized by chained up VNFs …

Software defined networking emerges as a promising paradigm shift that decouples the
control plane from the data plane. It has the ability to centrally monitor and control the …

Network slicing allows mobile operators to offer, via proper abstractions, mobile
infrastructure (radio, networking, computing) to vertical sectors traditionally alien to the telco …