One of the biggest challenges for the real-world application of network function virtualization
(NFV) is reducing the development complexity of both virtualized network functions (VNF) …

Ongoing evolutions in the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) area show that software will
play an increasingly important role within the telecommunication industry. It enables telco …

In the context of 6G, the use of drones/UAVs and satellite is a high priority. One of the main
issues is that there is limited and varying bandwidth in these environments, so the question …

In recent years, a variety of different approaches have been proposed to tackle the problem
of scaling and placing network services, consisting of interconnected virtual network …

5G and network function virtualization (NFV) have the potential to make factory networks
more flexible and scalable. For this purpose, we defined use cases in previous work and …

Mobile applications can improve battery and application performance by offloading heavy
processing tasks to more powerful compute servers. Cloud servers are located far from …

Management and orchestration (MANO) systems are the key components of future large-
scale NFV environments. They will manage resources of hundreds or even thousands of …

Next-generation networks are currently being shaped by the softwarization of service
components and the virtualization of resources. New approaches are being developed to …

Future communication networks, like the upcoming 5th generation of mobile networks (5G),
require a new level of flexibility, agility, and manageability that cannot be achieved by legacy …