Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging paradigm that offers remarkable
opportunities for data mining and analysis. IoT envisions a world where all smartphones …

With the growth of real-time and latency-sensitive applications in the Internet of Everything
(IoE), service placement cannot rely on cloud computing alone. In response to this need …

Smart manufacturing is pivotal in the context of Industry 4.0, as it integrates advanced
technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and automation to streamline production …

Scalable and flexible communication networks increasingly conduct the packet processing
for Network Functions (NFs) in General Purpose Computing (GPC) platforms. The …

Network function virtualization (NFV) makes the realization of specific network functions no
longer depend on inherent hardware by executing virtual network functions (VNFs), but …

Abstract Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a well-known network architecture that extends
cloud computing to the network edge. Compared with cloud computing, Network Function …

Abstract The advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technology brings flexible
traffic engineering to edge computing environments. Online services in NFV are chained as …

Abstract The orchestration of Service Function Chains (SFCs) in Mobile Edge Computing
(MEC) becomes crucial for ensuring efficient service provision, especially under dynamic …

With the advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Mobile Edge Computing
(MEC), outsourcing network functions (NFs) to the MEC is becoming popular among network …

With the rapid development of software-defined networking/network function virtualization
(NFV) technologies, service function chaining (SFC) has become a key enabler for end-to …