A comprehensive survey of network function virtualization
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 …
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …
Dependability of the NFV orchestrator: State of the art and research challenges
The introduction of network function virtualisation (NFV) represents a significant change in
networking technology, which may create new opportunities in terms of cost efficiency …
networking technology, which may create new opportunities in terms of cost efficiency …
Reducing latency in virtual machines: Enabling tactile Internet for human-machine co-working
Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) processed in
multi-access edge computing (MEC) cloud systems have been proposed as critical …
multi-access edge computing (MEC) cloud systems have been proposed as critical …
Survey of performance acceleration techniques for network function virtualization
The ongoing network softwarization trend holds the promise to revolutionize network
infrastructures by making them more flexible, reconfigurable, portable, and more adaptive …
infrastructures by making them more flexible, reconfigurable, portable, and more adaptive …
Operating systems and hypervisors for network functions: A survey of enabling technologies and research studies
Scalable and flexible communication networks increasingly conduct the packet processing
for Network Functions (NFs) in General Purpose Computing (GPC) platforms. The …
for Network Functions (NFs) in General Purpose Computing (GPC) platforms. The …
Paving the way for NFV acceleration: A taxonomy, survey and future directions
As a recent innovation, network functions virtualization (NFV)—with its core concept of
replacing hardware middleboxes with software network functions (NFs) implemented in …
replacing hardware middleboxes with software network functions (NFs) implemented in …
Orchestration and Control in Software‐Defined 5G Networks: Research Challenges
The fifth generation (5G) of cellular networks promises to be a major step in the evolution of
wireless technology. 5G is planned to be used in a very broad set of application scenarios …
wireless technology. 5G is planned to be used in a very broad set of application scenarios …
A survey on accelerating technologies for fast network packet processing in Linux environments
The path a packet takes when handled by the Linux Kernel has been well established for a
long time. Its overhead/bottleneck issues are also known. Nonetheless, complexity has …
long time. Its overhead/bottleneck issues are also known. Nonetheless, complexity has …
5g network slicing enabling edge services
Network slicing already plays an important role as a critical enabler in the current 5G
technology domain. 5G aims to disrupt and accelerate innovation in various vertical fields …
technology domain. 5G aims to disrupt and accelerate innovation in various vertical fields …
MOSC: A method to assign the outsourcing of service function chain across multiple clouds
Abstract As Network Function Virtualization (NFV) becomes reality and cloud computing
offers a scalable pay-as-you-go charging model, more network operators would like to …
offers a scalable pay-as-you-go charging model, more network operators would like to …