Network functions virtualization (NFV) is a new network architecture framework where
network function that traditionally used dedicated hardware (middleboxes or network …

Large-scale software systems are currently designed as distributed entities and deployed in
cloud data centers. To overcome the limitations inherent to this type of deployment …

Middleboxes or network appliances like firewalls, proxies, and WAN optimizers have
become an integral part of today's ISP and enterprise networks. Middlebox functionalities …

Network function virtualization (NFV) decouples software implementations of network
functions from their hosts (or hardware). NFV exposes a new set of entities, the virtualized …

With the introduction of network function virtualization technology, migrating entire enterprise
data centers into the cloud has become a possibility. However, for a cloud service provider …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a new paradigm, enabling service innovation
through virtualization of traditional network functions located flexibly in the network in form of …

Network function virtualization (NFV) and Service function chaining (SFC) can fulfill the
traditional network functions by simply running special softwares on general‐purpose …

Modern Web applications exploit Cloud infrastructures to scale their resources and cope
with sudden changes in the workload. While the state of practice is to focus on dynamically …

The autonomous placement of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) is a key aspect of Zero-
touch network and Service Management (ZSM) in Fifth Generation (5G) networking …

Abstract The emergence of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) is drastically resha**
the arrangement of network functions. Instead of being built on dedicated hardware (network …