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Analysis of end‐to‐end multi‐domain management and orchestration frameworks for software defined infrastructures: an architectural survey
Author(s) -
Guerzoni Riccardo,
Vaishnavi Ishan,
Perez Caparros David,
Galis Alex,
Tusa Francesco,
Monti Paolo,
Sganbelluri Andrea,
Biczók Gergely,
Sonkoly Balasz,
Toka Laszlo,
Ramos Aurora,
Melián Javier,
Dugeon Olivier,
Cugini Filippo,
Martini Barbara,
Iovanna Paola,
Giuliani Giovanni,
Figueiredo Ricardo,
ContrerasMurillo Luis Miguel,
Bernardos Carlos J.,
Santana Cristina,
Szabo Robert
Publication year - 2017
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.3103
Subject(s) - orchestration , computer science , domain (mathematical analysis) , service (business) , software engineering , realisation , end user , process management , world wide web , engineering , business , physics , marketing , quantum mechanics , art , mathematical analysis , musical , mathematics , visual arts
Over the last couple of years, industry operators' associations issued requirements towards an end‐to‐end management and orchestration plane for 5G networks. Consequently, standard organisations started their activities in this domain. This article provides an analysis and an architectural survey of these initiatives and of the main requirements, proposes descriptions for the key concepts of domain, resource and service slicing, end‐to‐end orchestration and a reference architecture for the end‐to‐end orchestration plane. Then, a set of currently available or under development domain orchestration frameworks are mapped to this reference architecture. These frameworks, meant to provide coordination and automated management of cloud and networking resources, network functions and services, fulfil multi‐domain (i.e. multi‐technology and multi‐operator) orchestration requirements, thus enabling the realisation of an end‐to‐end orchestration plane. Finally, based on the analysis of existing single‐domain and multi‐domain orchestration components and requirements, this paper presents a functional architecture for the end‐to‐end management and orchestration plane, paving the way to its full realisation. Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.