On the Performance of Virtualised Communication Systems

The paper provides a framework for the definition and provision of performance in virtualised communication systems. For doing this, basic concepts and elements used in the performance provision in non-SDN/NFV networking environments are used. Based on that, adequate performance frameworks can be defined, including relevant metrics and models, to be used in the development, deployment and operation of future Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualisation (SDN/NFV) environments.