SuperFlex: Network slicing based super flexible 5G architecture

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Abstract

One-size-fits-all philosophy based current cellular networks significantly restrict the proliferation of new services and its agile provisioning. Diverse service requirements in terms of bandwidth, latency, and error-rate need customized signaling and data plane management. The monolithic network architecture that treats all devices and flows equally, undermines the optimal resource usage and severely impacts the network manageability. We propose SuperFlex, a network slicing based multi-domain 5G wireless network architecture that provides tailor-made treatment to subscribers (and its devices) without escalating the capital and operating expenses. The layered slicing architecture of SuperFlex provides economies of scale and great flexibility by enabling many-to-many mapping of slices from different domains. The extensible and scalable Super-Flex design facilitates agile service provisioning, simplified network management, and optimized resource utilization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, IMCOM 2018
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450363853
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jan 2018
Event12th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, IMCOM 2018 - Langkawi, Malaysia
Duration: 5 Jan 20187 Jan 2018

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, IMCOM 2018
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityLangkawi
Period5/01/187/01/18

Keywords

  • Mobile networks
  • Network management
  • Network slicing
  • Orchestration
  • Virtual network functions

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