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Applicability of NoSQL Databases to Mobile Networks: Case Home Location Register

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Cloud computing is slowly reaching mobile networks. Experts have doubts that cloud technologies can guarantee carrier grade service level, but the situation is rapidly changing. First of all, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offers a complete computation platform, where instances can be virtually hosted either locally, remotely or in a hybrid fashion. Secondly, NoSQL (Not only SQL) databases are widely used in internet services, such as Amazon and Google, but they have not yet been applied to telecom applications. This paper evaluates, whether cloud technologies can meet the carrier grade requirements. The home location register (HLR) is benchmarked using IaaS cloud computing platforms and the HBase NoSQL database system. The main measurements are carried out in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The Discussion section evaluates and compares the results with other similar research. Finally, the conclusions and proposals for the next research steps are given.

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    http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/

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    http://open.eucalyptus.com/

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    http://opennebula.org/

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    http://openstack.org/

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The work is supported by Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, ) as a part of the Cloud Software Program () of Tivit (Strategic Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation in the Field of ICT, ).

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  1. Ixonos Plc, 284, FI-00811, Helsinki, Finland

    Rasmus Paivarinta

  2. School of Science, Aalto University, 15400, FI-00076, Helsinki, AALTO, Finland

    Yrjo Raivio

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Paivarinta, R., Raivio, Y. (2012). Applicability of NoSQL Databases to Mobile Networks: Case Home Location Register. In: Ivanov, I., van Sinderen, M., Shishkov, B. (eds) Cloud Computing and Services Science. CLOSER 2011. Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2326-3_12

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