Network slicing has become a fundamental property for next-generation networks,
especially because an inherent part of 5G standardisation is the ability for service providers …

As a recent innovation, network functions virtualization (NFV)—with its core concept of
replacing hardware middleboxes with software network functions (NFs) implemented in …

While 5G is being deployed all around the world, the industry and academia start the
investigation of 6G. Network function virtualization (NFV) is seen as the key enabler towards …

Cellular network control procedures (eg, mobility, idle-active transition to conserve energy)
directly influence data plane behavior, impacting user-experienced delay. Recognizing this …

Network traffic typically traverses a sequence of middleboxes forming a service function
chain, or simply a chain. Tolerating failures when they occur along chains is imperative to …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology that decouples network
functions from hardware. Connecting virtual network functions (VNFs) in series to form a …

Network services usually chain multiple types of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) together
in a specific order, known as service chain. One important issue of providing network …

Nowadays, most telecommunication services adhere to the Service Function Chain (SFC)
paradigm, where network functions are implemented via software. In particular, container …

The last decade has witnessed important development of network softwarization that has
revolutionized the practice of networks. Virtualized networks bring novel and specific …

Our work addresses how a cloud provider can offer Network Functions (NF) as a Service, or
NFaaS, using the emerging serverless computing paradigm. Serverless computing has the …