Toward a Real Deployment of Network Services Orchestration and Configuration Convergence Framework for 5G Network Slices

Ibrahim Afolabi; Miloud Bagaa; Walid Boumezer; Tarik Taleb

doi:10.1109/MNET.011.2000146

Toward a Real Deployment of Network Services Orchestration and Configuration Convergence Framework for 5G Network Slices

Ibrahim Afolabi, Miloud Bagaa, Walid Boumezer, Tarik Taleb

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Abstract

A seamless interworking between network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) to orchestrate network services for the 5G systems is very fundamental for network slice creation. The orchestration of large scale network slices across multiple administrative as well as technological domains with heterogeneous resources and a distributed form of slice management can benefit from harnessing existing NFV orchestration (NFVO) solutions. In this regard, this article presents a network service orchestration and configuration convergence framework that is capable of providing a large scale network slicing solution for 5G network operators. Using this framework, 5G network operators can orchestrate and configure network slices directly from their infrastructure and that of credible registered slice providers who have resources for the orchestration of only a subset of the overall network slice. The framework is equipped with mechanisms that allow a distributed form of slice configuration and management.

Original language	English
Article number	9293090
Pages (from-to)	242-250
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Network
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MNET.011.2000146
Publication status	Published - Mar 2021
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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This work is partially supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the MATILDA project with grant agreement No. 761898. The work is also funded by the Academy of Finland Project CSN, under Grant Agreement 311654, and the 6Genesis project under Grant No. 318927, respectively.

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Toward a Real Deployment of Network Services Orchestration and Configuration Convergence Framework for 5G Network Slices

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MATILDA: A Holistic, innovative framework for the design, development and orchestration of 5G-ready applications and network services over sliced programmable infrastructure

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