By replacing traditional hardware-based middleboxes with software-based Virtual Network
Functions (VNFs) running on general-purpose servers, network function virtualization …

Emerging 5G technologies can significantly reduce end-to-end service latency for
applications requiring strict quality of service (QoS). With network function virtualization …

The parallel processing of the service function chain (SFC) is expected to provide better low-
delay service delivery, because it breaks through the bottleneck of traditional serial …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising paradigm for network service
provisioning which decouples the network functions from the physical infrastructure …

In Network Function Virtualization (NFV), a series of Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)
organized in a specific order (called Service Function Chain, SFC) could offer an end-to-end …

DDoS attack have always been a polular topic in the field of network security. As an
emerging networking paradigm, SDN's characteristics such as centralized control and …

Compared with the dedicated hardware-based middle-boxes, Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) makes network services more flexible, scalable, and cost-efficient by …

Computation-intensive multimedia services have developed greatly in the computing
network environment where cloud, edge, and user terminals coexist. In face of high …

The rapid growth of network services and the increasing demand for efficient resource
utilization have made the need for effective Service Function Chain (SFC) embedding into …