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SDN and Virtualization-Based LTE Mobile Network Architectures: A Comprehensive Survey

Authors:

Van-Giang Nguyen,

Truong-Xuan Do,

Younghan KimAuthors Info & Claims

Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal, Volume 86, Issue 3

Pages 1401 - 1438

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-015-2997-7

Published: 01 February 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Software-defined networking (SDN) features the decoupling of the control plane and data plane, a programmable network and virtualization, which enables network infrastructure sharing and the "softwarization" of the network functions. Recently, many research works have tried to redesign the traditional mobile network using two of these concepts in order to deal with the challenges faced by mobile operators, such as the rapid growth of mobile traffic and new services. In this paper, we first provide an overview of SDN, network virtualization, and network function virtualization, and then describe the current LTE mobile network architecture as well as its challenges and issues. By analyzing and categorizing a wide range of the latest research works on SDN and virtualization in LTE mobile networks, we present a general architecture for SDN and virtualization in mobile networks (called SDVMN) and then propose a hierarchical taxonomy based on the different levels of the carrier network. We also present an in-depth analysis about changes related to protocol operation and architecture when adopting SDN and virtualization in mobile networks. In addition, we list specific use cases and applications that benefit from SDVMN. Last but not least, we discuss the open issues and future research directions of SDVMN.

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