Towards stateless core networks: Measuring state access patterns

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Abstract

Future mobile communication networks, such as 5G and beyond, can benefit from Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) when deployed on cloud infrastructures to achieve elasticity and scalability. However, new challenges arise as to managing states of Network Functions (NFs). Especially control plane VNFs, which are mainly found in cellular core networks like the 5G Core (5GC), received little attention since the shift towards virtualizing NFs. Most existing solutions for these core networks are often complex, intrusive, and are seldom compliant with the standard. With the emergence of 5G campus networks, UEs will be mainly machine-type devices. These devices communicate more deterministically, bringing new opportunities for elaborated state management.
This work presents an emulation environment to perform rigorous measurements on state access patterns. The emulation comes with a fully parameterized Markov model for the UE to examine a wide variety of different devices. These measurements can then be used as a solid base for designing an efficient, simple, and standard conform state management solution that brings us further towards stateless core networks.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelProceedings of the KuVS Fachgespräch – Würzburg Workshop on Next-Generation Communication Networks (WueWoWas)
Seitenumfang4
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 13 Juli 2022
Peer-Review-StatusNein

Workshop

Titel2022 KuVS Fachgespräch - Würzburg Workshop on Next-Generation Communication Networks
KurztitelWueWoWas 22
Veranstaltungsnummer
Dauer11 - 13 Juli 2022
Webseite
Ort
StadtWürzburg
LandDeutschland

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-1066-361X/work/142248190
ORCID /0000-0001-7008-1537/work/142248617
ORCID /0000-0001-8469-9573/work/161890957

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