Title
Towards 5G network slicing for vehicular ad-hoc networks: An end-to-end approach.
Abstract
The upcoming 5G networks not only have to support increasing data rates but also must provide a common infrastructure on which new services with vastly different network QoS requirements with lower delay are delivered. More precisely, applications for VANETs, that are mainly oriented to safety issues and entertainment (e.g. video streaming and video-on-demand, web browsing) are increasing. Most of these applications have strict latency constraints of the order of few milliseconds, and very high reliability requirements. To address such needs, a 5G platform needs the ability to dynamically create programmable virtual networks and differentiated traffic treatment utilizing solutions such as network slicing. To this end, in this paper, we propose a programmable and dynamic end-to-end slicing mechanism in an M-CORD based LTE network. One of the key features of M-CORD that the proposed network slicing mechanism utilizes is the virtualized EPC that enables customization and modification. M-CORD provides necessary functionality to program slice definitions, where the proposed mechanism fully follows its software-defined approach. Furthermore, we demonstrate how end devices placed in different slices can be allocated with different QoS treatments from the network operator based on end-user type. The results show that the proposed network slicing mechanism selects appropriate slices and allocates resources to users specific to their needs and service type.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1016/j.comcom.2019.10.018
Computer Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
Network slicing,5G,M-CORD,LTE,NSSF,VANETs
Program slicing,Computer science,End-to-end principle,Latency (engineering),Slicing,Quality of service,Computer network,Web navigation,Wireless ad hoc network,Personalization
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
149
0140-3664
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.66
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Muhammad Afaq152.38
Javed Iqbal25718.77
Talha Ahmed340.66
Ihtesham Ul Islam4436.15
Murad Khan515022.14
muhammad sohail khan661.22