TY - GEN
T1 - SDN and NFV for Network Cloud Computing
T2 - 4th IEEE Symposium on Network Cloud Computing and Applications, NCCA 2015
AU - Manzalini, Antonio
AU - Crespi, Noel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/11/30
Y1 - 2015/11/30
N2 - This paper proposes the medium-long term vision where Telecommunications networks will evolve towards becoming Software Defined Infrastructures (SDI). In particular, SDI will be highly dynamic and pervasive environments of logical resources capable of executing any network and service function (e.g., from L2 to L7) developed and controlled as software applications. It is argued that SDI will be a first concrete impact of the Softwarization trend which is starting to impact (with different expressions, e.g., SDN, NFV, Cloud and Network Computing) the Telecommunications and ICT ecosystems.In this respect, the paper proposes the model of the Universal Operating System (UOS) for SDIs as an overarching and distributed Operating System spanning from terminals through the network elements, to the Cloud/IT resources. Then UOS functional architectures and some key challenges related to its development are briefly examined.Eventually, it is argued that this evolution towards SDI will definitely blur, on one side the border between the Telecommunications networks and the Cloud Computing, and, on the other side, the distinction between the Telecommunications networks and the future 'terminals' connected to them (e.g., handsets, tablets, machines, smart things, drones, robot). This transformation will have profound techno-economic implications for the Telecommunications and ICT ecosystems.
AB - This paper proposes the medium-long term vision where Telecommunications networks will evolve towards becoming Software Defined Infrastructures (SDI). In particular, SDI will be highly dynamic and pervasive environments of logical resources capable of executing any network and service function (e.g., from L2 to L7) developed and controlled as software applications. It is argued that SDI will be a first concrete impact of the Softwarization trend which is starting to impact (with different expressions, e.g., SDN, NFV, Cloud and Network Computing) the Telecommunications and ICT ecosystems.In this respect, the paper proposes the model of the Universal Operating System (UOS) for SDIs as an overarching and distributed Operating System spanning from terminals through the network elements, to the Cloud/IT resources. Then UOS functional architectures and some key challenges related to its development are briefly examined.Eventually, it is argued that this evolution towards SDI will definitely blur, on one side the border between the Telecommunications networks and the Cloud Computing, and, on the other side, the distinction between the Telecommunications networks and the future 'terminals' connected to them (e.g., handsets, tablets, machines, smart things, drones, robot). This transformation will have profound techno-economic implications for the Telecommunications and ICT ecosystems.
KW - Cloud Computing
KW - Future Networks and Services
KW - NFV
KW - Operating System
KW - SDN
KW - Software Defined Infrastructures
KW - Softwarization
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84960324392
U2 - 10.1109/NCCA.2015.11
DO - 10.1109/NCCA.2015.11
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84960324392
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE 4th Symposium on Network Cloud Computing and Applications, NCCA 2015
SP - 1
EP - 6
BT - Proceedings - IEEE 4th Symposium on Network Cloud Computing and Applications, NCCA 2015
A2 - Avresky, Dimiter R.
A2 - Tutschku, Kurt
A2 - Anceaume, Emmanuelle
A2 - Maehle, Erik
A2 - Puliafito, Antonio
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 11 June 2015 through 12 June 2015
ER -