TY - GEN
T1 - OpenFlow as an architecture for e-Node B virtualization
AU - Philip, Venmani Daniel
AU - Gourhant, Yvon
AU - Zeghlache, Djamal
PY - 2012/5/23
Y1 - 2012/5/23
N2 - The ability to enable multiple virtual networks on common infrastructure with different network architectures has been gaining critical importance recently mainly because this kind of sharing does not incur any additional equipment cost for operators. An aim of our ongoing research is to take pragmatic approach towards infrastructure sharing applying operator differentiation and provide a solution to improve traffic prioritization primarily for 4G-LTE mobile networks. We propose a novel solution to the same, based on exploring OpenFlow as an architecture for e-Node B virtualization. By demonstrating the feasibility of adapting the existing OpenFlow mechanism to mobile network architecture, we illustrate the evolution of network sharing via an open network approach, based on OpenFlow. With OpenFlow, we seek to define how far it can be gone within the sharing scenarios based on the architecture of LTE/EPC defined in 3GPP, where the key lock is to open facilities to define flexible and extensible policies.
AB - The ability to enable multiple virtual networks on common infrastructure with different network architectures has been gaining critical importance recently mainly because this kind of sharing does not incur any additional equipment cost for operators. An aim of our ongoing research is to take pragmatic approach towards infrastructure sharing applying operator differentiation and provide a solution to improve traffic prioritization primarily for 4G-LTE mobile networks. We propose a novel solution to the same, based on exploring OpenFlow as an architecture for e-Node B virtualization. By demonstrating the feasibility of adapting the existing OpenFlow mechanism to mobile network architecture, we illustrate the evolution of network sharing via an open network approach, based on OpenFlow. With OpenFlow, we seek to define how far it can be gone within the sharing scenarios based on the architecture of LTE/EPC defined in 3GPP, where the key lock is to open facilities to define flexible and extensible policies.
KW - 4G-LTE
KW - Infrastructure Sharing
KW - OpenFlow
KW - e-Node B Virtualization
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_5
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869595948
SN - 9783642290923
T3 - Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
SP - 49
EP - 63
BT - e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries - Third International ICST Conference, AFRICOMM 2011, Revised Selected Papers
T2 - 3rd International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, AFRICOMM 2011
Y2 - 23 November 2011 through 24 November 2011
ER -