Demo: Plug & play network application chaining for multi-service programmability in 5G RAN

Navid Nikaein, Chia Yu Chang, Robert Schmidt, Shahab Shariat, Konstantinos Alexandris, Xenofon Vasilakos

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Abstract

RAN slicing is one of the key enabler to enable virtualization of a BS and its delivery as a service with dierent levels of network isolation and sharing so as to accommodate the needs of mobile network operators and verticals. In this demonstration, we show a prototype of a RAN slicing runtime system to enable exible slice customization on the top of a disaggregated RAN infrastructure [1] with dierent levels of isolation and sharing in terms of resources and network functions, while retaining the quality of service (QoS) for dierent slice instances. Furthermore, a novel plug & play network application chaining framework empowered by a network software development kit (SDK) is demonstrated to show how the multi-service programmability on per-slice basis can be achieved. Our demonstration is based on the OpenAirInterface [3], Mosaic-5G FlexRAN [4] and LL-MEC [2] platforms. Finally, we highlight how the the proposed approach can be extended to an end-to-end network slicing scenario.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMobiSys 2018 - Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages1
ISBN (Electronic)9781450357203
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Jun 2018
Event16th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services,MobiSys 2018 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 10 Jun 201815 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameMobiSys 2018 - Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services

Conference

Conference16th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services,MobiSys 2018
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period10/06/1815/06/18

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