@inproceedings{70ea39b958494152b24f35d31546ee6d,
title = "Agile service manager for 5G",
abstract = "This paper presents an underlying framework to support and accelerate the production of applications and services in the context of programmable networks (SDN and NFV, clouds). The proposed framework addresses moreover the 5G KPI of reducing the average service creation time from 90 hours to 90 minutes as declared by 5G-PPP association in the early of 2015 among other KPIs. The proposed framework relies on SDN, NFV and Cloud principles and technologies and proposes extensions towards the end to end abstraction that is required for automation of service production. A Service Manager Architecture fulfilling the agility, acceleration and automation requirements is presented along with its relationships and interfaces with the applications and network levels. An application requiring network services, expressed in a network service descriptor, is used to illustrate the architecture usage and benefits and highlights the remaining future research needs and trails.",
keywords = "5G, Cloud, NFV, SDN, SFC, Service Management",
author = "Marouen Mechtri and Benyahia, \{Imen Grida\} and Djamal Zeghlache",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.; 2016 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, NOMS 2016 ; Conference date: 25-04-2016 Through 29-04-2016",
year = "2016",
month = jun,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1109/NOMS.2016.7503004",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the NOMS 2016 - 2016 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1285--1290",
editor = "Badonnel, \{Sema Oktug\} and Mehmet Ulema and Cicek Cavdar and Granville, \{Lisandro Zambenedetti\} and \{dos Santos\}, \{Carlos Raniery P.\}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the NOMS 2016 - 2016 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium",
}