%% You should probably cite draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-06 instead of this revision. @techreport{zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02, number = {draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement-02}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-zong-vnfpool-problem-statement/02/}, author = {Ning Zong and Linda Dunbar and Melinda Shore and Diego R. Lopez}, title = {{Virtualized Network Function (VNF) Pool Problem Statement}}, pagetotal = 10, year = 2014, month = jan, day = 14, abstract = {There is a trend to implement network services by using a group of Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) called a VNF set. A VNF set can offer benefits like flexible service provisioning. A VNF set also introduces additional points of failure, and therefore poses additional challenges on reliability. This document overviews the problems related to the reliability of a VNF set. A VNF pooling architecture is also briefly introduced as candidate solution to address the problems.}, }