TY - GEN
T1 - Virtualising and orchestrating a 5G evolved packet core network
AU - Lake, David
AU - Foster, Gerry
AU - Vural, Serdar
AU - Rahulan, Yogaratnam
AU - Oh, Bong Hwan
AU - Wang, Ning
AU - Tafazolli, Rahim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/8/7
Y1 - 2017/8/7
N2 - In this paper, the design, construction, and testing of a fully-functional virtualised mobile core network is outlined. Lessons learned and recommendations for future improvements are provided. The presented work uses open-source software for virtual network function infrastructure control (OpenStack), network flow programming (OpenDaylight), and network orchestration (OpenBaton) to virtualise a commercial software evolved packet core solution deployed on common off-the-shelf hardware. The findings presented in this paper prove the concept of function virtualisation for mobile networks, and paves the way towards future mobile core network function flexibility as required for 5G networks. The paper provides researchers and network operators with first-hand experience to help build similar virtual mobile network infrastructures, and highlights the challenges to tackle and the issues to address to harness the power of virtualisation in 5G networks.
AB - In this paper, the design, construction, and testing of a fully-functional virtualised mobile core network is outlined. Lessons learned and recommendations for future improvements are provided. The presented work uses open-source software for virtual network function infrastructure control (OpenStack), network flow programming (OpenDaylight), and network orchestration (OpenBaton) to virtualise a commercial software evolved packet core solution deployed on common off-the-shelf hardware. The findings presented in this paper prove the concept of function virtualisation for mobile networks, and paves the way towards future mobile core network function flexibility as required for 5G networks. The paper provides researchers and network operators with first-hand experience to help build similar virtual mobile network infrastructures, and highlights the challenges to tackle and the issues to address to harness the power of virtualisation in 5G networks.
KW - 5G
KW - management and orchestration
KW - network function virtualization
KW - next generation networks
KW - software defined networking
KW - testbed
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029348231&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/NETSOFT.2017.8004215
DO - 10.1109/NETSOFT.2017.8004215
M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85029348231
T3 - 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization: Softwarization Sustaining a Hyper-Connected World: en Route to 5G, NetSoft 2017
BT - 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2017
Y2 - 3 July 2017 through 7 July 2017
ER -