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Design and Validation of a Multi-service 5G Network with QoE-aware Orchestration

Authors:

Marco Gramaglia,

Ignacio Labrador Pavón,

Francesco Gringoli,

Gines Garcia-Aviles, and

Pablo SerranoAuthors Info & Claims

WiNTECH '18: Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization

October 2018

Pages 11 - 18

https://doi.org/10.1145/3267204.3267216

Published: 01 October 2018 Publication History

Abstract

While the work on architectural and algorithmic solutions for 5G has reached a good maturity level, the experimental work lags behind, in particular on the development of open source solutions. In this paper, we describe our implementation experiences when deploying a small-scale multi-service network prototype, used to demonstrate some selected advanced features of 5G Networking. We describe our implementation experiences supporting two heterogeneous services over two independent slices, namely, video streaming and augmented reality, showcasing key features such as multi-slice orchestration, RAN slicing and support for local breakout. While the applications running the services rely on proprietary code, the core of our implementation is completely open-source.

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Garcia-Aviles GGramaglia MSerrano PGringoli FFuente-Pascual SPavon I(2019)Experimenting with open source tools to deploy a multi-service and multi-slice mobile networkComputer Communications10.1016/j.comcom.2019.11.003Online publication date: Nov-2019
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2019.11.003

Index Terms

Design and Validation of a Multi-service 5G Network with QoE-aware Orchestration
1. Networks
  1. Network services
    1. Network management
  2. Network types
    1. Mobile networks

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WiNTECH '18: Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization

October 2018

106 pages

ISBN:9781450359306

DOI:10.1145/3267204

General Chairs:
Swarun Kumar
Carnegie Mellon University
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NEC Laboratories Europe

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Cardoso LKimura BZorzal E(2024)Towards augmented and mixed reality on future mobile networksMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-023-15301-483:3(9067-9102)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11042-023-15301-4
Garcia-Aviles GGramaglia MSerrano PGringoli FFuente-Pascual SPavon I(2019)Experimenting with open source tools to deploy a multi-service and multi-slice mobile networkComputer Communications10.1016/j.comcom.2019.11.003Online publication date: Nov-2019
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2019.11.003

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