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Abstract | ||
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In this paper, we aim at tackling the scalability problem of the Mobility Management Entity (MME), which plays a crucial role of handling control plane traffic in the current 4G Evolved Packet Core as well as the next generation mobile core, 5G. One of the solutions to this problem is to virtualize the MME by applying Network Function Virtualization principles and then deploy it as a cluster of multiple virtual MME instances (vMMEs) with a front-end load balancer. Although several designs have been proposed, most of them assume the use of simple algorithms such as random and round-robin to balance the incoming traffic without any performance assessment. To this end, we implemented a weighted round robin algorithm which takes into account the heterogeneity of resources such as the capacity of vMMEs. We compare this algorithm with a random and a round-robin algorithm under two different system settings. Experimental results suggest that carefully selected load balancing algorithms can significantly reduce the control plane latency as compared to simple random or round-robin schemes. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2018 | 10.1109/PIMRC.2018.8580693 | 2018 IEEE 29th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
performance assessment,round-robin algorithm,round-robin schemes,scalability problem,control plane traffic,front-end load balancer,load balancing algorithms,mobility management entity,multiple virtual MME,network function virtualization principles,next generation mobile core,4G evolved packet core,5G core,vMME | Load management,Mobility management,Computer science,Load balancing (computing),Network packet,Server,Computer network,SIMPLE algorithm,Weighted round robin,Scalability | Conference |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
2166-9570 | 978-1-5386-6010-2 | 2 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.53 | 6 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Giang Nguyen | 1 | 60 | 3.17 |
| Karl-Johan Grinnemo | 2 | 143 | 21.42 |
| Javid Taheri | 3 | 725 | 60.54 |
| Anna Brunstrom | 4 | 445 | 125.16 |