Open AccessProgrammability of Connectivity Control
Author(s) -
Ivaylo Atanasov,
Evelina Pencheva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
elektronika ir elektrotechnika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.224
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2029-5731
pISSN - 1392-1215
DOI - 10.5755/j02.eie.28819
Subject(s) - access network discovery and selection function , umts terrestrial radio access network , computer science , computer network , core network , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , radio access network , access network , edge device , access control , cognitive radio , key (lock) , throughput , distributed computing , telecommunications , wireless , cloud computing , computer security , operating system , mobile station , base station
Network programmability and edge computing as key features of next generation communications enable innovative services. While the programmability is focused on the core network of the fifth-generation system, the edge computing moves the network intelligence to the radio access network. This paper presents a study on the programmability of connectivity control as a function of radio access network using Multi-access Edge Computing. The capability of using more than one radio access technology simultaneously enhances reliability and increases the throughput, especially in dense networks. Opening the radio access network interfaces for programmability of multi-connectivity enables analytics applications to control the device connections to multiple radio links simultaneously based on information of radio conditions, user location or specific policies. The research novelty is in opening the radio access network interfaces for edge applications to access connectivity control.