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

In order to facilitate flexible network service virtualization and migration, network functions
(NFs) are increasingly executed by software modules as so-called “softwarized NFs” on …

Telecommunication providers continuously evolve their network infrastructure by increasing
performance, lowering time to market, providing new services, and reducing the cost of the …

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

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has received considerable attention in the past few
years, both from industry and academia, due to its potential for reducing capital and …

In the public cloud, FPGA-based SmartNICs are widely deployed to accelerate network
functions (NFs) for datacenter operators. We argue that with the trend of network as a service …

Large-scale telecommunications providers have to continuously challenge and evolve their
network infrastructure to efficiently serve growing markets demands. They must increase …

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a concept that aims at providing network operators
with benefits in terms of cost, flexibility, and vendor independence by utilizing virtualization …

In adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming, each video must be transcoded into multiple
representations. Transcoding and caching videos consume tremendous resources, and only …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) allows creating specialized network appliances out of
general-purpose computing equipment (servers, storage, and switches). In this paper we …