This article presents the progressive evolution of NFV from the initial SDN-agnostic initiative
to a fully SDN-enabled NFV solution, where SDN is not only used as infrastructure support …

Software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualisation (NFV) have become
hot topics in recent years. On one hand, SDN decouples the control plane from the data …

This paper presents FlowNAC, a Flow-based Network Access Control solution that allows to
grant users the rights to access the network depending on the target service requested …

Abstract The Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) extends the functionality provided by
Software-Defined Networking (SDN). It is a virtualization technology that aims to replace the …

Over the last few years, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has emerged as one of the
most disruptive and profitable novelties in networking. SDN was originally conceived to …

In this paper, we use a wildcard mask to implement the load balance method directly on
switches or routers and add a user prediction mechanism to dynamically change the range …

Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) is a widely used network technology which connects
geographically distributed customer sites as a local area network. However, the process of …

Special issue on Future Internet Testbeds - Part I | Computer Networks: The International Journal
of Computer and Telecommunications Networking skip to main content ACM Digital Library …

Presents information and current topics of interest to the global communications industry.
The growth rate of information communication technologies (ICT) in developing countries is …

The service delivery has evolved during the last years. The introduction of Software Defined
Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) has driven network …