Nowadays, telecom providers may benefit from the flexibility offered by Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) paradigm that allows to decouple the service logic from the underlying …

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) represents a crucial element for the convergence of
telecommunication systems heading towards 5G solutions. Actually, IMS offers a …

As of today, telecommunication providers are exploiting the possibilities offered by the cloud
paradigm to efficiently decouple physical network resources, like hardware equipment …

The failure of a single network element composing a Service Function Chain (SFC)
unavoidably leads to some degradation in terms of availability (ability of guaranteeing …

The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is giving impetus to novel
telecommunication infrastructures that readily benefit from virtualized environments. One of …

The Next Generation 5G Networks can greatly benefit from the synergy between
virtualization paradigms, such as the Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and service …

Abstract The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) defined by the 3GPP has been mainly
developed and deployed by telephony vendors on vendor-specific hardware. Recent …

In the era of fifth generation (5G) telecommunication systems, a flexible, cost saving and
reliable deployment of the network infrastructures appears to be a crucial issue. The …

We advance a performability assessment of a multi-tenant containerized IP Multimedia
Subsystem (cIMS), ie: one and the same infrastructure is shared among different providers …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) along with 5G are expected to shape the future of the
next decade's network services. New and emerging applications will be introduced that will …