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Bordel, BorjaAuthorAlcarria, RamonCorresponding AuthorRobles, TomasAuthorSanchez-De-Rivera, DiegoAuthor

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December 24, 2019
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Service management in virtualization-based architectures for 5G systems with network slicing

Publicated to: INTEGRATED COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING. 27 (1): 77-99 - 2020-01-01 27(1), DOI: 10.3233/ICA-190609

Authors:

Bordel, Borja; Alcarria, Ramon; Robles, Tomas; Sanchez-de-Rivera, Diego
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Informat Syst, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Topog Engn & Cartog, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Future 5G networks are envisioned to provide communication services in a very heterogeneous catalogue of applications. The concept of network slicing, a technology where network resources are packed and assigned to users in an isolated manner, contributes to overcome the relevant differences among all the applications scenarios. This paper proposes a new approach for the implementation and management of services and slices in future 5G systems with network slicing, based on lightweight algorithms and virtualization technologies, such as Docker or Kubernetes. The proposed solution consists of a microservice-oriented virtualization-based architecture, where Docker containers encapsulate virtual network functions configured as microservices. Kubernetes mechanisms take care of most management functions, so (in the proposed approach) only two functional components must be designed. In this paper, a possible implementation for one of these components (the specific service manager) is proposed, based on statistics and metrics generated by Kubernetes cAdvisor and simple mathematical operations. Results show an improvement in relevant network indicators such as availability and configuration time. Besides, the scalability of the proposed technology is evaluated by means of the calculation time it requires.
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Keywords

5gChallengesCloudDockerFutureFuture technological systemsInternetKubernetes introductionManagementNetwork slicingResource-managementVirtualization techniques

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal INTEGRATED COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position 13/90, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Multidisciplinary.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-28:

  • WoS: 13
  • Scopus: 19
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Impact and social visibility

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/85529/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 131
  • Downloads: 139
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (BORDEL SANCHEZ, BORJA) and Last Author (RIVERA PINTO, DIEGO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been ALCARRIA GARRIDO, RAMON PABLO.

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Awards linked to the item

The research leading to these results has received funding from the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through SEMOLA project (TEC2015-68284-R).
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