Virtual Network Functions

Virtual Network Functions is a virtualized telecommunications service that performs network functions traditionally executed by dedicated hardware, enabling flexible and scalable deployment within software-defined infrastructure.

1.1K

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52.2K

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Authors

827

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Publications per year

2017–2026

833

Variants

Virtualised Network FunctionsVnf

Parents

Virtualization

Children

Edge DeploymentElasticityFunction Placement In Cloud NetworksMulti-tenancyNetwork Function Chaining OptimizationNetwork Function InstantiationNetwork Function MigrationNetwork Function PlacementNetwork Function ScalingPerformance Isolation

Publications

1.1K

Resource Allocation in NFV: A Comprehensive Survey

Juliver Gil-Herrera, Juan Felipe Botero · IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management · 2016 · 895 citations

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Systems +17

A comprehensive survey of Network Function Virtualization

Bo Yi, Xingwei Wang, Keqin Li et al. · Computer Networks · 2018 · 528 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Systems +14

Near optimal placement of virtual network functions

Rami Cohen, Liane Lewin-Eytan, Joseph Naor et al. · 2015 · 522 citations

Computing, Cloud Computing, Computer Systems +17

From network sharing to multi-tenancy: The 5G network slice broker

Konstantinos Samdanis, Xavier Costa‐Pérez, Vincenzo Sciancalepore · IEEE Communications Magazine · 2016 · 508 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Information Technology +17

Software-Defined Network Function Virtualization: A Survey

Yong Li, Min Chen · IEEE Access · 2015 · 497 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Systems +15

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Authors

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Tarik Taleb
Aalto University, Finland
20 publications · 1.4K citations
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Adlen Ksentini
EURECOM, France
17 publications · 1K citations
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Holger Karl
Paderborn University, Germany
17 publications · 919 citations
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Raouf Boutaba
University of Waterloo, Canada
17 publications · 1.6K citations
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Miloud Bagaa
Aalto University, Finland
14 publications · 864 citations
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Venues

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
TNSM · 93 publications · 6.4K citations
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IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
39 publications · 2.6K citations
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IEEE Access
43 publications · 2.2K citations
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IEEE Communications Magazine
32 publications · 2.7K citations
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IEEE Internet of Things Journal
18 publications · 1.2K citations
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