A Comprehensive Survey of Network Function Virtualization
Computer Networks 133 (2018) 212–262 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Computer Networks journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/comnet Review article A comprehensive survey of Network Function Virtualization ∗ Bo Yi a, Xingwei Wang b, , Keqin Li c, Sajal k. Das d, Min Huang e a College of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China b College of Software, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China c Department of Computer Science, State University of New York, New York 12561, USA d Department of Computer Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA e College of Information Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Today’s networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that coupled Received 13 April 2017 with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network management and Revised 15 January 2018 service provision. Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising paradigm to change such situa- Accepted 17 January 2018 tion by decoupling network functions from the underlying dedicated hardware and realizing them in the form of software, which are referred to as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). Such decoupling introduces Keywords: many benefits which include reduction of Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) and Operation Expense (OPEX), Network Function Virtualization improved flexibility of service provision, etc. In this paper, we intend to present a comprehensive survey Virtual network function on NFV, which starts from the introduction of NFV motivations.
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