@misc{10481/68250,
year = {2015},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/68250},
abstract = {The exponential growth of data traffic and connected devices, and the reduction of latency and costs, are considered major challenges for future mobile communication networks. The satisfaction of these challenges motivates revisiting the architecture of these networks. We propose an SDN-based design of a hierarchical architecture for the 5G packet core. In this article we focus on the design of its access cloud with the goal of providing low latency and scalable Ethernet-like support to terminals and MTC devices including mobility management. We examine and address its challenges in terms of network scalability and support for link-level mobility. We propose a link-level architecture that forwards frames from and to edge network elements (AP and routers) with a label that identifies the APs through which the terminal is reachable. An SDN local controller tracks and updates the users' location information at the edge network elements. Additionally, we propose to delegate in SDN local controllers the handling of non-scalable operations, such as broadcast and multicast messages, and network management procedures.},
organization = {This work is partially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and
Competitiveness (project TIN2013-46223-P), and the Granada
Excellence Network of Innovation Laboratories (projects
GENIL-PYR-2014-20 and GENIL-PYR-2014-18).},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
title = {Link-Level Access Cloud Architecture Design Based on SDN for 5G Networks},
doi = {10.1109/MNET.2015.7064899},
author = {Ameigeiras Gutiérrez, Pablo José and Ramos Muñoz, Juan José and Schumacher, L. and Prados Garzón, Jonathan and Navarro Ortiz, Jorge and López Soler, Juan Manuel},
}