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5GEx: realising a Europe‐wide multi‐domain framework for software‐defined infrastructures
Author(s) -
Bernardos Carlos J.,
Gerö Balázs Péter,
Di Girolamo Marco,
Kern András,
Martini Barbara,
Vaishnavi Ishan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transactions on emerging telecommunications technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.366
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 2161-3915
DOI - 10.1002/ett.3085
Subject(s) - orchestration , cloud computing , computer science , virtualization , domain (mathematical analysis) , software defined networking , context (archaeology) , multitude , fragmentation (computing) , software , network functions virtualization , unification , function (biology) , virtual network , data science , distributed computing , software engineering , operating system , geography , art , musical , mathematical analysis , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , epistemology , visual arts , programming language , evolutionary biology , biology
Market fragmentation has resulted in a multitude of network and cloud/data center operators, each focused on different countries, regions and technologies. This makes it difficult and costly to create infrastructure services spanning multiple domains, such as virtual connectivity or compute resources. In this article, we discuss the goals and work being done within the 5GEx (5G Exchange) project in realising a Europe‐wide multi‐domain platform. This platform aims at enabling cross‐domain orchestration of services over multiple administrations or over multi‐domain single administrations in the context of emerging 5G networking. The 5GEx vision is based on introducing a unification via network function virtualisation/software‐defined networking compatible multi‐domain orchestration for networks, clouds and services. We describe the motivation and 5GEx vision, the adopted architecture and the next steps in terms of implementation and experimentation. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.