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On V2X Network Slicing: Using Context Information to Improve Mobility Management

Authors:
Panagiotis Spapis
Chan Zhou
Alexandros Kaloxylos

Keywords: network slicing, mobility management, V2X communications

Abstract:
Network slicing in for 5th Generation (5G) networks enables the support of multiple logical networks, tailor-cut to the requirements of specific services. Initial specifications have already been produced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) that describe the operation of slicing. However, the existing specifications lack specific details on how the network functions can be fine-tuned to fully optimize the network performance for specific use cases. This paper provides a comprehensive overview related to the latest status of the 3GPP standardization process related to slicing. Also, it proposes a new mobility management scheme, called Context Enhanced MOBility management (CEMOB), that is tailor-cut for communicating vehicles. The point we make is that by taking advantage of contextual information, in this case for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, the performance of network control functions such as mobility management can be significantly improved. Slicing and the overall 5G architecture, support a simple introduction of contextual information into the network functions of a slice.

Pages: 77 to 82

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: October 8, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9286

ISBN: 978-1-61208-596-8

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from October 8, 2017 to October 12, 2017