Published January 1, 2023 | Version v1
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Deploying cloud-native experimental platforms for zero-touch management 5G and beyond networks

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Ctr Tecnol Telecomunicac Catalunya CTTC CERCA, Serv Networks SaS, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2. Natl Tech Univ Athens, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Athens, Greece

Description

An experimental framework for managing 5G and beyond networks through cloud-native deployments and end-to-end monitoring is presented. The framework uses containerised network functions in a Kubernetes cluster across a multi-domain network spanning cloud and edge hosts. End-to-end monitoring is demonstrated through Grafana dashboards that showcase both infrastructure resources and radio metrics in two scenarios involving UPF re-selection and user mobility. As a third scenario, the authors demonstrate how a decision engine interacts with the experimental platform to perform zero-touch containerised application relocation, highlighting the potential for enabling dynamic and intelligent management of 5G networks and beyond. © 2023 The Authors. IET Networks published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology.

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