The upcoming fifth generation (5G) mobile communications urge software-defined networks
(SDNs) and network function virtualization (NFV) to join forces with the multiaccess edge …

This paper focuses on the design and deployment of a virtualized evaluation testbed, solely
based on open-source software components to support the full extend of features and …

The advent of 5G and its ever increasing stringent requirements for bandwidth, latency, and
quality of service pushes the boundaries of legacy Mobile Network Operators' technologies …

One of the key objectives of 5G is to evolve the current mobile network architecture from
“one-fit-all” design model to a more customized and dynamically scaling one that enables …

The adoption of the 5G technology is becoming a must for the mobile network operators
(MNOs) in order to remain competitive in the market and efficiently cope with the increase in …

Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) are emerging as the keystone of 5G network
architectures: flexibility, agility, fast instantiation times, consolidation, Commercial Off The …

Network Function Virtualization is a promising technology that proposes to decouple the
network functions from their underlying hardware and transform them into software entities …

Network slicing is one of the key enablers to provide the required flexibility and to realize the
service-oriented vision toward fifth generation (5G) mobile networks. In that sense …

Due to the varying conditions in traffic and resource availability in networks nowadays,
maintaining continuity of network service and satisfying QoS and QoE requirements became …

5G will provide a flexible and programmable infrastructure, allowing different networks to
share the same access network. A way to respond to the diverse service requirements of 5G …