Software-as-a-service for the virtualization of mobile network gateways

Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kiess, Wolfgang ^a   An, Xueli ^a   Beker, Sergio ^a  

^a DOCOMO EURO LABS   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS); TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEB SERVICES;

CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGN PARADIGM; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; MOBILE OPERATORS; NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY; OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT MODELS; PHYSICAL DEVICES; SOFTWARE-AS-A- SERVICE (SAAS); TECHNOLOGY TRENDS; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 84964857482     PISSN: 23340983     EISSN: 25766813     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2014.7416944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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