Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging initiative to overcome increasing
operational and capital costs faced by network operators due to the need to physically locate …

Virtual network embedding (VNE) is an important problem in network virtualization for the
flexible sharing of network resources. While most existing studies focus on centralized …

Abstract Network Functions Virtualization is an emerging initiative where standard IT
virtualization evolves to consolidate network functions onto high volume servers, switches …

In edge computing, application components can be placed over a range of computational
devices from cloud data centers to nodes at the network edge. Application placement can …

Network virtualization is a mechanism that allows the coexistence of multiple virtual
networks on top of a single physical substrate. Due to its well-known potential benefits (eg …

Network virtualization provides the substruction of various heterogeneous Virtual Networks
(VNs) on a single physical infrastructure which is called Virtual Network Embedding (VNE) …

Virtual network services that span multiple data centers are important to support emerging
data-intensive applications in fields such as bioinformatics and retail analytics. Successful …

As an efficient solution to diversify the future Internet for resource sharing in data centers, the
network virtualization enables seamless integration of network experiments, services and …

The purpose of this paper is to study tradeoffs between efficiency and precision for the
general virtual network embedding (VNE) problem. To narrow the gap between solutions …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) with minimum-delay service function chains will be a
key enabling technology for next generation mobile networks, such as 5G. In this paper, we …