The document discusses notable elements, integration areas, and topical notions of SDN network function virtualization projects. It lists five noteworthy elements of NFV including load balancing devices, security devices, tunneling gateways, switching devices, and mobile network devices. It also lists five areas of SDN integration such as cellular and vehicular networks, multi access edge computing, 5G and heterogeneous networks, Internet of Things, and distributed cloud and cloud IoT. Finally, it provides six flourishing topics in SDN NFV projects including resource orchestration, service function routing, recovery of device failure, service function placement, traffic load balancing, and security architecture.