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 …

Network function virtualization was recently proposed to improve the flexibility of network
service provisioning and reduce the time to market of new services. By leveraging …

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

NFV continues to draw immense attention from researchers in both industry and academia.
By decoupling NFs from the physical equipment on which they run, NFV promises to reduce …

As mobile network users look forward to the connectivity speeds of 5G networks, service
providers are facing challenges in complying with connectivity demands without substantial …

SDN and NFV are two significant innovations in networking. The evolution of both SDN and
NFV has shown strong synergy between these two paradigms. Recent research efforts have …

Communication networks need to be both adaptive and scalable. The last few years have
seen an explosive growth of software-defined networking (SDN) and network function …