With advancements of cloud technologies Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) emerged as
a remarkable edge-cloud technology to provide computing facilities to resource-restrained …

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 …

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 mapping …

The high bandwidth and low latency features of 5G network are perceived to offer a unified
platform for multiple device connectivity in real time. Despite the promising benefits of …

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
technologies facilitate deploying Service Function Chains (SFCs) at clouds in efficiency and …

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 …

Next generation networks promise not only extremely high data rates and low latency, but
also ubiquitous coverage and massive IoT. One of the major challenges is the guaranteed …

The definition of multiple slicing types in 5G has created a wide field for service innovation in
communications. However, the advantages that network slicing has to offer remain to be fully …

The evolution of 5G suggests that communication networks become sufficiently flexible to
handle a wide variety of network services from various domains. The virtualization of small …

Software-defined networking (SDN) is one of the network virtualization technologies that has
gained attention recently, and it has now been implemented in networks. SDN can reduce …