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 …

Network function virtualization (NFV) has drawn significant attention from both industry and
academia as an important shift in telecommunication service provisioning. By decoupling …

Diverse proprietary network appliances increase both the capital and operational expense
of service providers, meanwhile causing problems of network ossification. Network function …

Due to the intrinsically inefficient service provisioning in traditional networks, Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) keeps gaining attention from both industry and academia. By …

Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

Network operators are under pressure to offer efficient network-based services while
keeping service deployment costs to a minimum. Network functions virtualization (NFV) can …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV), considered a key enabler of network" softwarization",
promises to reduce capital and operational expenditures for network operators by moving …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising paradigm for network service
provisioning which decouples the network functions from the physical infrastructure …

Network function virtualization (NFV) and Service function chaining (SFC) can fulfill the
traditional network functions by simply running special softwares on general‐purpose …

Software-based sequential service chains in Network Function Virtualization (NFV) could
introduce significant performance overhead. Current acceleration efforts for NFV mainly …