Technology pillars in the architecture of future 5G mobile networks: NFV, MEC and SDN

Computer Standards and Interfaces

Volumn 54, Issue , 2017, Pages 216-228

  Blanco, Bego ^a   Fajardo, Jose Oscar ^a   Giannoulakis, Ioannis ^b   Kafetzakis, Emmanouil ^c   Peng, Shuping ^d   Pérez Romero, Jordi ^e   Trajkovska, Irena ^f   Khodashenas, Pouria S ^g   Goratti, Leonardo ^h   Paolino, Michele ⁱ   Sfakianakis, Evangelos ^j   Liberal, Fidel ^a   Xilouris, George ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos (NCSRD)   (Greece)

^c Ameinokleous 43   (Greece)

^d Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe (FLE)   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^g I2CAT FOUNDATION   (Spain)

^h CREATE NET   (Italy)

ⁱ Virtual Open Systems   (France)

^j Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (OTE)   (Greece)

^k National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos (NCSRD)   (Greece)

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Author keywords

5G; MEC; NFV; SDN; Standardization

Indexed keywords

STANDARDIZATION; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

DESIGN PRINCIPLES; END TO END; FLEXIBLE NETWORKS; HIGH-LEVEL SERVICES; PAPER SURVEYS; RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES; SERVICE REQUIREMENTS; TECHNOLOGY TRENDS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85009468168     PISSN: 09205489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csi.2016.12.007     Document Type: Article

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