Title
A Novel SDN-Based Architecture to Provide Synchronization as a Service in 5G Scenarios.
Abstract
Moving toward 5G, network synchronization is expected to play a key role in the successful deployment of the new mobile communication networks. This article presents an application of SDN (software defined networking) and NFV (network function virtualization) principles to the network synchronization area, making it possible to offer synchronization as a service. The approach is based on defining a harmonization layer that orchestrates radio and heterogeneous transport domains by means of a suitable subset of abstracted information exchanged among the domains, and by making use of virtualized synchronization functions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/MCOM.2017.1601016CM
IEEE Communications Magazine
Keywords
Field
DocType
Synchronization,5G mobile communication,Software development,Software reliability,Network function virtualization,Computer architecture
Synchronization,Software deployment,Computer science,Synchronization networks,Data synchronization,Computer network,Software quality,Software-defined networking,Mobile telephony,Software development,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
55
3
0163-6804
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.43
1
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefano Ruffini181.36
Paola Iovanna29213.40
Mats Forsman311.10
Tomas Thyni410.43