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Implementation of an SDN-Enabled 5G Experimental Platform for Core and Radio Access Network Support

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Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL 2017)

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Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are very promising technologies for future 5G mobile networks, enabling network operators to enhance the flexibility, efficiency and ease of management of their networks. Although SDN is typically associated with wired networks, it is lately making steady advances in cellular networks. In this paper, we present the architecture of an SDN-enabled 5G experimental platform that employs SDN to support both the core and the radio access network.

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Acknowledgement

This work has been supported by the research projects CellFive (TEC2014-60130-P), 5G-AURA (675806), AGAUR (DI059-2016), 5GSTEPFWD (722429), IoSense (692480) and 5G-PHOS (761989).

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  1. Iquadrat Informatica S.L., Barcelona, Spain

    Kostas Ramantas, Elli Kartsakli & Mikel Irazabal

  2. Telecommunications Technological Centre of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

    Angelos Antonopoulos & Christos Verikoukis

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Ramantas, K., Kartsakli, E., Irazabal, M., Antonopoulos, A., Verikoukis, C. (2018). Implementation of an SDN-Enabled 5G Experimental Platform for Core and Radio Access Network Support. In: Auer, M., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning. IMCL 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 725. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75175-7_77

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