RT Journal Article
T1 Transport-layer limitations for NFV orchestration in resource-constrained aerial networks
A1 González Blázquez, Luis Félix
A1 Vidal Fernández, Iván
A1 Valera Pintor, Francisco
A1 Nogales Dorado, Borja
A1 Sánchez Agüero, Víctor
A1 López, Diego
AB In this paper, we identify the main challenges and problems related with the management and orchestration of Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) over aerial networks built with Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAVs). Our analysis starts from a reference scenario, where several SUAVs are deployed over a delimited geographic area, and provide a mobile cloud environment that supports the deployment of functions and services using Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technologies. After analyzing the main challenges to NFV orchestration in this reference scenario from a theoretical perspective, we undertake the study of one specific but relevant aspect following a practical perspective, i.e., the limitations of existing transport-layer solutions to support the dissemination of NFV management and orchestration information in the considered scenario. While in traditional cloud computing environments this traffic is delivered using TCP, our simulation results suggest that using this protocol over an aerial network of SUAVs presents certain limitations. Finally, based on the lessons learned from our practical analysis, the paper outlines different alternatives that could be followed to address these challenges.
PB MDPI
SN 1424-8220
YR 2019
FD 2019-11-28
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/30737
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/30737
LA eng
NO This article has been partially supported by the European H2020 5GRANGE project (grant agreement 777137), and by the 5GCity project (TEC2016-76795- C6-3-R) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
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