For the challenges posed by Internet rigidity, network virtualization (NV) technology emerges
as a pivotal approach, imparting diversity, resilience, and scalability to the evolution of new …

Network virtualization (NV) allows service providers (SPs) to instantiate logically isolated
entities called virtual networks (VNs) on top of a substrate network (SN). Though VNs bring …

Network virtualization is an inherent component of future internet architectures. Network
resources are virtualized from the underlying substrate and elastically provisioned and …

This paper investigates the problem of locating edge devices in ultra-dense 5G network
function virtualization-based small cell networks for the provisioning of reliable broadcasting …

The emerging 5G applications and the connectivity of billions of devices have driven the
investigation of multi-domain heterogeneous converged optical networks. To support …

The virtualized fiber wireless broadband access networks (V-FiWi) paradigm, effectively
embedding heterogeneous virtual networks (VNs) originated from the service provider (SP) …

A virtual router model with a static and dynamic resource reconfiguration for future internet
networking was developed. This technique allows us to create efficient virtual devices with …

Abstract Cloud computing and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are two
complementary technologies. Virtual network functions (VNFs) provided by NFV are …

Cloud Computing is a flexible, cost-effective, and proven delivery platform for providing
information technology services over the Internet. However, cloud computing presents an …

Optimal provisioning of virtual networks with varying topologies on their physical counterpart
is a major challenge in cloud data centers. Embedding the virtual network on the shared …