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Insights from SONATA: Implementing and integrating a microservice-based NFV service platform with a DevOps methodology

Authors:

Steven Van Rossem,

Wouter Tavernier,

Dario Valocchi,

Panos Trakadas,

Panos Karkazis,

George Xilouris,

Philip Eardley,

Stavros Kolometsos,

Michail-Alexandros Kourtis,

Shuaib Siddiqui,

Peer Hasselmeyer,

Diego LopezAuthors Info & Claims

NOMS 2018 - 2018 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium

Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.2018.8406139

Published: 23 April 2018 Publication History

Abstract

In pursuit of a flexible, resource efficient and high- performant 5G infrastructure, many operators, vendors and research consortia are currently developing, testing and integrating their NFV platform with associated management and orchestration (MANO) functionality. The SONATA NFV platform follows a micro-service design, which involves a tight coupling between an SDK, monitoring and MANO functionality, targeting a secure and stable software foundation. This experience paper gives a thorough overview on the encountered challenges, insights and resulting learnings when implementing and integrating the SONATA Service Platform using a continuous integration and delivery DevOps methodology. This is the result of a strong cooperation between prominent equipment vendors, network operators, software companies and universities, providing a set of constructive recommendations in hope of catalysing the development and deployment of NFV platforms.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3437120.3437266

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Robitzsch SCentenaro Mdi Pietro NCordeiro LGomes ASanders PIshaq A(2023)Prospects on the adoption of a microservice-based architecture in 5G systems and beyondComputer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking10.1016/j.comnet.2023.110058237:COnline publication date: 1-Dec-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.comnet.2023.110058
Prekas SKarkazis PTrakadas PNikolakakis V(2020)Comparison of VNE heuristic solutions with similar objective functionsProceedings of the 24th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Informatics10.1145/3437120.3437266(22-26)Online publication date: 20-Nov-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3437120.3437266

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