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SEED, a Server Platform for the Edge of the Network

Authors:
Carlo Vitucci
Alf Larsson

Keywords: SDN-NFV; C-Mobile OS; operational agility, new business model

Abstract:
Software defined Network – Network Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV) has been the catalyst of most of the researches in the networking and telecommunication domain during the latest years and it is supposed to have important deployment in the early next ones. However, there is no common understanding why it is so important and why it is the winning solution for the next generation networks. This paper describes, from an infrastructure point of view, the challenges to understand what SDN-NFV deployment into the Radio Access Network (RAN) really means. Our approach identifies how the Server at the Edge (SEED) of the network should look like. The paper describes the meaning of moving SDN-NFV into the RAN (conceptually different than moving the RAN into the cloud) and identifies the key function enablers for meeting the operation agility request from Radio Access. Resources and meters handling as critical characterization to empower the Self Organizing Network (SON) concept without unacceptable performance cost are also described. The paper aims to emphasize the enablers of the new business model needed in the SEED more than being an exhaustive description of single components.

Pages: 118 to 123

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: April 23, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4413

ISBN: 978-1-61208-546-3

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 23, 2017 to April 27, 2017