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Combined NFV and SDN Applications for Mitigation of Cyber-attacks Conducted by Botnets in 5G Mobile Networks

Authors:
Giacomo Bernini
Pietro Giuseppe Giardina
Gino Carrozzo
Alberto Huertas Celdran
Manuel Gil Perez
Jose M. Alcaraz Calero
Qi Wang
Konstantinos Koutsopoulos
Pedro Neves

Keywords: SDN, NFV, 5G, cyber-protection

Abstract:
5G networks are envisioned to support substantially more users than the current 4G does as a direct consequence of the anticipated large diffusion of Machine-2-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) interconnected devices, often with significantly higher committed data rates than general bandwidth currently available into Long Term Evolution (LTE) and broadband networks. The expected large number of 5G subscribers will offer new opportunities to compromise devices and user services, which will allow attackers to trigger much larger and effective cyber-attacks. Significant advances in network management automation are therefore needed to manage 5G networks and services in an efficient, scalable, and effective way while protecting users and infrastructures from a wide plethora of advanced security threats. This paper presents a novel self-organized network management approach for 5G mobile networks where autonomic capabilities are tightly combined with Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies so as to provide an effective detection and mitigation of cyber-attacks.

Pages: 148 to 153

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