Edge Computing Enhancements in an NFV-based Ecosystem for 5G Neutral Hosts

Gabriele Baldoni; Paolo Cruschelli; Michele Paolino; Carlos Colman Meixner; Antonino Albanese; Apostolos Papageorgiou; Hamzeh Khalili; Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui; Dimitra Simeonidou

doi:10.1109/NFV-SDN.2018.8725644

Edge Computing Enhancements in an NFV-based Ecosystem for 5G Neutral Hosts

Gabriele Baldoni, Paolo Cruschelli, Michele Paolino, Carlos Colman Meixner, Antonino Albanese, Apostolos Papageorgiou, Hamzeh Khalili, Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui, Dimitra Simeonidou

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Abstract

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) framework can increase the flexibility and reduce the cost of network functions deployment and operation, but needs to be tailored when this framework is pushed to the domain of edge computing, which is the typical scenario for a 5G neutral host. In such scenario, edge-heavy NFV systems need to address the pressing requirements that comes into play with regard to infrastructure management and multi-layer orchestration, which are typical in a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) framework. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) itself has identified a lot of open issues when trying to merge the orchestration life-cycles of NFV and MEC. In this paper we describe a solution that combines extensions in the orchestration and Virtual Infrastructure Management (VIM) layers, along with concrete solutions to the ETSI-identified open issues for NFV-MEC integration, in order to pave the way towards edge-aware NFV solutions for 5G neutral hosts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN 2018)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538682814
ISBN (Print)	9781538682821
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NFV-SDN.2018.8725644
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 30 May 2019
Event	IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks - Verona, Italy Duration: 27 Nov 2018 → 29 Nov 2018 Conference number: 4th http://nfvsdn2018.ieee-nfvsdn.org/

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Name	2018 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks, NFV-SDN 2018

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Conference	IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks
Abbreviated title	IEEE-NFV-SDN
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Verona
Period	27/11/18 → 29/11/18
Internet address	http://nfvsdn2018.ieee-nfvsdn.org/

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Orchestration
Edge Computing
5G architecture
NFV
MEC
neutral host
Fog computing

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Baldoni, G., Cruschelli, P., Paolino, M., Colman Meixner, C., Albanese, A., Papageorgiou, A., Khalili, H., Siddiqui, M. S., & Simeonidou, D. (2019). Edge Computing Enhancements in an NFV-based Ecosystem for 5G Neutral Hosts. In 2018 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN 2018) Article 8725644 (2018 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks, NFV-SDN 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1109/NFV-SDN.2018.8725644

Baldoni, Gabriele ; Cruschelli, Paolo ; Paolino, Michele et al. / Edge Computing Enhancements in an NFV-based Ecosystem for 5G Neutral Hosts. 2018 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019. (2018 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks, NFV-SDN 2018).

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Edge Computing Enhancements in an NFV-based Ecosystem for 5G Neutral Hosts. / Baldoni, Gabriele; Cruschelli, Paolo; Paolino, Michele et al.
2018 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019. 8725644 (2018 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks, NFV-SDN 2018).

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