Journal
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE
Volume 60, Issue 11, Pages 60-65Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.001.2200014
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- PIACERI project OMNIA
- PRIN Project Liquid_Edge
- POR S6 project
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This article sheds light on the new paradigm of service chaining at the network edge and presents an approach to solve the optimal virtual network function placement problem. The approach takes into consideration UAV computing and battery limitations, as well as latency constraints associated with specific applications.
Next generation (5G&B) networks will require the design of new architectures and technologies capable of supporting time-sensitive applications. To this aim, the implementation of service chaining as a tool to simplify and lighten the execution of complex tasks by splitting these into simpler functions that can be provided at the network edge can represent a critical improvement. Recently, it has been proposed to implement the network edge by way of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) organized as a flying ad hoc network. In this article, we shed light on the new paradigm of service chaining at the network edge and present an approach that aims at solving an optimal virtual network function placement problem, taking into account UAV computing and battery limitations, as well as latency constraints, tightly associated with the specific application to be supported. Some numerical results assess the effectiveness of this methodology.
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