Integrating the various embedded devices and systems in our environment enables an
Internet of Things (IoT) for a smart city. The IoT will generate tremendous amount of data that …

The emerging software defined networking (SDN) paradigm separates the data plane from
the control plane and centralizes network control in an SDN controller. Applications interact …

Network function virtualization (NFV) brings great conveniences and benefits for the
enterprises to outsource their network functions to the cloud datacenter. In this paper, we …

Network function virtualization (NFV) has already been a new paradigm for network
architectures. By migrating NFs from dedicated hardware to virtualization platform, NFV can …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a new networking paradigm, which replaces the
specific-purpose hardware appliances with software virtualization to perform network …

Generally, a service request must specify its required virtual network functions (VNFs) and
their specific order, which is known as the service function chain (SFC). When map** …

The dependence of traditional network functions (NFs) on special hardware results in high
capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operating expenditures (OPEX). Network Function …

Abstract Service function chaining (SFC) provisioning is helpful not only for saving the
capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational expenditure (OPEX) of a network provider but …

Network function virtualization (NFV) and edge computing (EC) are two promising and
innovative technologies to accelerate 5G networks. However, placing the service function …

Software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) are the key
enabling technologies for service customization in next generation networks to support …