TY - CHAP
T1 - A novel marketplace for trading/brokering virtual network functions over cloud infrastructures
AU - Alexiou, George
AU - Pallis, Evangelos
AU - Markakis, Evangelos
AU - Sideris, Anargyros
AU - Bourdena, Athina
AU - Mastorakis, George
AU - Mavromoustakis, Constandinos X.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2017. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Following up the success story of the OS-Specific App Stores, we present a new business case in network function virtualization (NFV), where function provider (FP) can publish, broke, trade, offer, and advertise their developed functions inside a novel Marketplace for NFV. This novel approach is able to attract new entrants to the networking market, including among other, a Novel Brokerage Platform, allowing Service Providers to transact with the FP. Finally, via the Marketplace, customers can browse and select services and virtual appliances that best match their needs, as well as negotiate Service Level Agreements and be charged under various billing models browse and select the services and virtual appliances that best match their needs.
AB - Following up the success story of the OS-Specific App Stores, we present a new business case in network function virtualization (NFV), where function provider (FP) can publish, broke, trade, offer, and advertise their developed functions inside a novel Marketplace for NFV. This novel approach is able to attract new entrants to the networking market, including among other, a Novel Brokerage Platform, allowing Service Providers to transact with the FP. Finally, via the Marketplace, customers can browse and select services and virtual appliances that best match their needs, as well as negotiate Service Level Agreements and be charged under various billing models browse and select the services and virtual appliances that best match their needs.
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M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85117051838
SN - 9781785610837
SP - 371
EP - 412
BT - Cloud and Fog Computing in 5G Mobile Networks
PB - Institution of Engineering and Technology
ER -