TY - JOUR
T1 - 5GinFIRE
T2 - An end-to-end open5G vertical network function ecosystem
AU - Silva, Aloizio P.
AU - Tranoris, Christos
AU - Denazis, Spyros
AU - Sargento, Susana
AU - Pereira, João
AU - Luís, Miguel
AU - Moreira, Rodrigo
AU - Silva, Flávio
AU - Vidal, Ivan
AU - Nogales, Borja
AU - Nejabati, Reza
AU - Simeonidou, Dimitra
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Advanced communication networks, such as 5G and beyond, will be a complex ecosystem made of multiple physically interconnected elements, implying that the upcoming network will have to address capabilities such as flexibility, programmability and extensibility. This article, describes an Open and Extensible 5G Network Function Virtualization (NFV) based Reference ecosystem of experimental facilities, named 5GinFIRE, that integrates existing facilities with new vertical-specific ones but also lays down the foundations for instantiation fully softwarized architectures of vertical industries and experimenting with them. Additionally, we present 5GinFIRE as the forerunner experimental playground, together with three uses cases, wherein new components, architecture designs and APIs may be tried and proposed before they are ported to more industrially mainstream 5G networks that are expected to emerge in large scale.
AB - Advanced communication networks, such as 5G and beyond, will be a complex ecosystem made of multiple physically interconnected elements, implying that the upcoming network will have to address capabilities such as flexibility, programmability and extensibility. This article, describes an Open and Extensible 5G Network Function Virtualization (NFV) based Reference ecosystem of experimental facilities, named 5GinFIRE, that integrates existing facilities with new vertical-specific ones but also lays down the foundations for instantiation fully softwarized architectures of vertical industries and experimenting with them. Additionally, we present 5GinFIRE as the forerunner experimental playground, together with three uses cases, wherein new components, architecture designs and APIs may be tried and proposed before they are ported to more industrially mainstream 5G networks that are expected to emerge in large scale.
KW - 5G
KW - Experimentation platform
KW - Network function virtualization
KW - Network softwarization
KW - Vertical industry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067549655&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.adhoc.2019.101895
DO - 10.1016/j.adhoc.2019.101895
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:85067549655
SN - 1570-8705
VL - 93
JO - Ad Hoc Networks
JF - Ad Hoc Networks
M1 - 101895
ER -