DevOps for network function virtualisation: an architectural approach

Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1206-1215

  Karl, Holger ^a   Dräxler, Sevil ^a   Peuster, Manuel ^a   Galis, Alex ^b   Bredel, Michael ^c   Ramos, Aurora ^d   Martrat, Josep ^d   Siddiqui, Muhammad Shuaib ^e   van Rossem, Steven ^f   Tavernier, Wouter ^f   Xilouris, George ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE   (Germany)

^d Structural Engineering Consultant Atos Spain Product Engineering   (Spain)

^e I2CAT FOUNDATION   (Spain)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH; DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS; DIFFERENT SERVICES; NETWORK FUNCTIONS; NETWORKED SERVICES; PROGRAMMABILITY; SERVICE PLATFORMS; SOFTWARE NETWORK;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84979518945     PISSN: 21615748     EISSN: 21613915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ett.3084     Document Type: Article

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