The emergence of two new technologies, namely, software defined networking (SDN) and
network function virtualization (NFV), have radically changed the development of network …

With the rapid growth of user traffic, service innovation, and the persistent necessity to
reduce costs, today's mobile operators are faced with several challenges. In networking, two …

Cellular traffic continues to grow rapidly making the scalability of the cellular infrastructure a
critical issue. However, there is mounting evidence that the current Evolved Packet Core …

Recent architectures of the mobile packet core advocate the separation of the control and
dataplane components, with all signaling messages being processed by the control plane …

With the short development of patron traffic, management innovation, and the tenacious
want to lessen prices, the existing portable administrators are seemed with a few problems …

Control planes in future mobile core networks face two new challenges. First, they must
scale to process the growing control traffic generated by an ever increasing number of …

Mobile networks are expected to serve a wide range of verticals, however the Long Term
Evolution (LTE) network is optimized for basic mobile operator services only. The network …

To support the typical application scenarios defined in the fifth generation wireless network,
such as the enhanced mobile broadband, massive machine type of communication, ultra …

Since 2004, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has been working on the
standardization of a new technology for mobile devices, called Long Term Evolution …

The goals of 5G networks—low latency, high bandwidth, and support for fast mobility—are
non-trivial and they demand improvements across all involved technology fields …