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The Strategic Role of Inter-Container Communications in RAN Deployment Scenarios

Authors:
Carlo Vitucci
Luca Abeni
Tommaso Cucinotta
Mauro Marinoni

Keywords: 5G; V-RAN; Edge computing; Server at the edge; Service deployment; Inter-containers communication channel

Abstract:
This paper elaborates on the importance of having efficient inter-container communications at the edge of the network in Software Defined Network – Network Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV) architectures, when deploying services close to the end-user, due to the broad range of bandwidth and latency requirements as coming from novel scenarios in the 5th telecommunication generation (5G). This results in a proposed service deployment framework that is exploited within the Virtualized Radio Access Network (V-RAN) split architecture, a scenario where the crucial role of efficient communications becomes evident. After a short comparison among common technologies available today for efficient inter-containers communications, this paper identifies primary areas of improvement for future research.

Pages: 31 to 36

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019

Publication date: March 24, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4413

ISBN: 978-1-61208-695-8

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from March 24, 2019 to March 28, 2019