RT Journal Article
T1 On the integration of NFV and MEC technologies: architecture analysis and benefits for edge robotics
A1 Antevski, Kiril
A1 Bernardos Cano, Carlos Jesús
A1 Cominardi, Luca
A1 Oliva Delgado, Antonio de la
A1 Mourad, Alain
AB Forthcoming networks will need to accommodate a large variety of services over a common shared infrastructure. To achieve the necessary flexibility and cost savings, these networks will need to leverage two promising technologies: Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC). While the benefits of NFV and MEC have been largely studied as independent domains, the benefits of an harmonized system comprising these two technologies remains largely unexplored. In this article we first identify a set of reference use cases that would benefit from a joint use of MEC and NFV. Then, we analyze the current state-of-the-art on MEC and NFV integration and we identify several issues that prevent a seamless integration. Next, we consider a reference use case, namely Edge Robotics, to exemplify and characterize these issues in terms of the overall service life cycle: from the initial development, to deployment and termination.
PB Elsevier
SN 1389-1286
YR 2020
FD 2020-07-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/30546
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/30546
LA eng
NO This work has been partially funded by the EU H2020 5G-TRANSFORMER Project (grant no. 761536), the H2020 collaborative Europe/Taiwan research project 5G-CORAL (grant no. 761586) and the EU H2020 5GROWTH Project (grant no. 856709).
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