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Traditionally, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been implemented to run on Virtual Machines (VMs) in form of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). More recently, the so-called Serverless Computing has gained traction in cloud…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Francisco Carpio , Wolfgang Bziuk , Admela Jukan

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) on Software-Defined Networks (SDN) can effectively optimize the allocation of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) and the routing of network flows simultaneously. Nevertheless, most previous studies on NFV…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Jian-Jhih Kuo , Shan-Hsiang Shen , Ming-Hong Yang , De-Nian Yang , Ming-Jer Tsai , Wen-Tsuen Chen

With the advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), network services that traditionally run on proprietary dedicated hardware can now be realized using Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) that are hosted on general-purpose commodity…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-21 Gamal Sallam , Bo Ji

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are technologies that recently acquired a great momentum thanks to their promise of being a flexible and cost-effective solution for replacing hardware-based,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-12-14 Tong Liu , Franco Callegati , Walter Cerroni , Chiara Contoli , Maurizio Gabbrielli , Saverio Giallorenzo

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) aims to simplify deployment of network services by running Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) on commercial off-the-shelf servers. Service deployment involves placement of VNFs and in-sequence routing of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-15 Abhishek Gupta , Brigitte Jaumard , Massimo Tornatore , Biswanath Mukherjee

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a vital player of modern networks providing different types of services such as traffic optimization, content filtering, and load balancing. More precisely, NFV is a provisioning technology aims at…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Abolfazl Ghazizadeh , Behzad Akbari , Mohammad Mahdi Tajiki

Network Virtualization is one of the most promising technologies for future networking and considered as a critical IT resource that connects distributed, virtualized Cloud Computing services and different components such as storage,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-31 Duc-Lam Nguyen , HyungHo Byun , Naeon Kim , Chong-Kwon Kim

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) aims to simplify deployment of network services by running Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) on commercial off-the-shelf servers. Service deployment involves placement of VNFs and in-sequence routing of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-15 Abhishek Gupta , Brigitte Jaumard , Massimo Tornatore , Biswanath Mukherjee

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 Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). Since VNFs can only be…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-03 Francisco Carpio , Samia Dhahri , Admela Jukan

Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization are two paradigms that offer flexible software-based network management. Service providers are instantiating Virtualized Network Functions - e.g., firewalls, DPIs, gateways -…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-08-09 Zaid Allybokus , Nancy Perrot , Jérémie Leguay , Lorenzo Maggi , Eric Gourdin

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) in Software Defined Networks (SDN) emerged as a new technology for creating virtual instances for smooth execution of multiple applications. Their amalgamation provides flexible and programmable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-03-26 Kuljeet Kaur , Sahil Garg , Georges Kaddoum , François Gagnon , Neeraj Kumar , Syed Hassan Ahmed

With the advent of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Physical Network Functions (PNFs) are gradually being replaced by Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) that are hosted on general purpose servers. Depending on the call flows for…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-18 Gamal Sallam , Gagan R. Gupta , Bin Li , Bo Ji

Network virtualization is a technology of running multiple heterogeneous network architecture on a shared substrate network. One of the crucial components in network virtualization is virtual network embedding, which provides a way to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-07-10 Donggyu Yun , Jungseul Ok , Bongjhin Shin , Soobum Park , Yung Yi

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology that promises to significantly reduce the operational costs of network services by deploying virtualized network functions (VNFs) to commodity servers in place of dedicated…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-04-06 Xiaoke Wang , Chuan Wu , Franck Le , Alex Liu , Zongpeng Li , Francis Lau

Network virtualization enables Internet service providers to run multiple heterogeneous and dedicated network architectures for different customers on a shared substrate. In existing works on virtual network embedding (VNE), each customer…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-13 Jiangnan Cheng , Yingjie Bi , Ao Tang

Network function virtualization (NFV) and content caching are two promising technologies that hold great potential for network operators and designers. This paper optimizes the deployment of NFV and content caching in 5G networks and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-02-02 Ahmed N. Al-Quzweeni , Ahmed Q. Lawey , Taisir E. H. Elgorashi , Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a crucial technology for the 5G network development because it can improve the flexibility of employing hardware and reduce the construction of base stations. There are vast service chains in NFV to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-22 Wenlu Xuan , Zhongqi Zhao , Lei Fan , Zhu Han

With the emergence of network function virtualization (NFV), and software-defined networking (SDN), the realization and implementation of service function chains (SFCs) have become much easier. An SFC is an ordered set of interconnected…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-10-07 Nariman Torkzaban , John S. Baras

Distributed cloud networking builds on network functions virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) to enable the deployment of network services in the form of elastic virtual network functions (VNFs) instantiated over…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-24 Hao Feng , Jaime Llorca , Antonia M. Tulino , Danny Raz , Andreas F. Molisch

Network Functions Virtualization, or NFV, enables telecommunications infrastructure providers to replace special-purpose networking equipment with commodity servers running virtualized network functions (VNFs). A service provider utilizing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-06-13 Freddy C. Chua , Julie Ward , Ying Zhang , Puneet Sharma , Bernardo A. Huberman