The introduction of network function virtualisation (NFV) represents a significant change in
networking technology, which may create new opportunities in terms of cost efficiency …

Software defined networking (SDN) promises unprecedented flexibility and ease of network
operations. While flexibility is an important factor when leveraging advantages of a new …

Network Function Virtualization enables network operators to modernize their networks with
greater elasticity, network programmability, and scalability. Exploiting these advantages …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) represents a key shift in nowadays network service
provisioning by entailing higher flexibility, elasticity, and programmability of network …

The softwarization of mobile networks enables an efficient use of resources, by dynamically
scaling and re-assigning them following variations in demand. Given that the activation of …

Network function virtualization provides an efficient and flexible way to implement network
functions deployed in middleboxes as software running on commodity servers. However, it …

Auto-scaling techniques aim to keep the right number of active servers for the current load: if
this number is too small we risk service disruption, but if it is too large we waste resources …

Network and Telecom operators are continuously embracing the adoption of Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) as a means to provide more agile, flexible and cost-efficient …

Future communication networ) s are planned to be based on software-defined networ)
technologies and networ) function virtualization, where orchestration is used for automatic …

With Network Function Virtualization (NFV), the management and orchestration of network
services require a new set of functionalities to be added on top of legacy models of …