SDN/NFV-based mobile packet core network architectures: A survey

VG Nguyen, A Brunstrom… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emergence of two new technologies, namely, software defined networking (SDN) and
network function virtualization (NFV), have radically changed the development of network …

Software defined 5G and 6G networks: A survey

Q Long, Y Chen, H Zhang, X Lei - Mobile networks and applications, 2022 - Springer
The current mobile communications could not satisfy the explosive data requirement of
users. This paper reviews the frontier technology of software definition networks (SDN) of 5G …

Programming abstractions for software-defined wireless networks

R Riggio, MK Marina, J Schulz-Zander… - … on Network and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has received, in the last years, significant interest from
the academic and the industrial communities alike. The decoupled control and data planes …

Software-defined control of the virtualized mobile packet core

MR Sama, LM Contreras… - IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile packet core networks are undergoing major changes to meet the requirements of the
future data tsunami, enhance network flexibility, and reduce both CAPEX and OPEX. In this …

Instantaneous throughput prediction in cellular networks: Which information is needed?

A Samba, Y Busnel, A Blanc, P Dooze… - 2017 IFIP/IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Downlink data rates can vary significantly in cellular networks, with a potentially non-
negligible effect on the user experience. Content providers address this problem by using …

On using SDN in 5G: The controller placement problem

A Ksentini, M Bagaa, T Taleb - 2016 IEEE Global …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To integrate Software Defined Networking (SDN) in the envisioned 5G system, a separation
of the control and user data plane functions of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) is required …

A comparison of SDN and NFV for re-designing the LTE packet core

A Jain, NS Sadagopan, SK Lohani… - 2016 IEEE Conference …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With an increase in the number of mobile users and traffic, mobile network operators are
finding it difficult to scale their radio and core networks. Further, hardware network …

An efficient 5G data plan approach based on partially distributed mobility architecture

M Al Shinwan, L Abualigah, TD Huy, A Younes Shdefat… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Reaching a flat network is the main target of future evolved packet core for the 5G mobile
networks. The current 4th generation core network is centralized architecture, including …

ACACIA: context-aware edge computing for continuous interactive applications over mobile networks

J Cho, K Sundaresan, R Mahindra… - Proceedings of the 12th …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
There is widespread agreement that future continuous interactive (CI) applications will
require edge computing capabilities from mobile networks. There is also widespread …

Integrated services processing for mobile networks

P Zanier, R Stademann, H Ruckstuhl - US Patent 10,382,226, 2019 - Google Patents
The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, computer programs, computer
program products and computer-readable media regarding integrated services processing …