Network Slicing to Enable Scalability and Flexibility in 5G Mobile Networks

By P. Rost, C. Mannweiler, Diomidis S. Michalopoulos, C. Sartori, Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Nishanth R. Sastry, O. Holland, Shreya Tayade, B. Han, Dario Bega and 2 more. IEEE Communications Magazine, 2017

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We argue for network slicing as an efficient solution that addresses the diverse requirements of 5G mobile networks, thus providing the necessary flexibility and scalability associated with future network implementations. We elaborate on the challenges that emerge when designing 5G networks based on network slicing. We focus on the architectural aspects associated with the coexistence of dedicated as well as shared slices in the network. In particular, we analyze the realization options of a flexible radio access network with focus on network slicing and their impact on the design of 5G mobile networks. In addition to the technical study, this article provides an investigation of the revenue potential of network slicing, where the applications that originate from this concept and the profit capabilities from the network operator�s perspective are put forward.

Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Survey on Network Slicing for Internet of Things Realization in 5G Networks (2021, background): “These smart components have diverse network requirements [45] across multiple application areas, such as online monitoring for the power transmission line, smart homes and smart vehicles [134].”
Toward Edge Intelligence: Multiaccess Edge Computing for 5G and Internet of Things (2020, background): “[65] elaborated on the challenges for designing network slicing-based 5G networks and gave an investigation of the revenue potential of network slicing.”
A Survey on Security and Privacy of 5G Technologies: Potential Solutions, Recent Advancements, and Future Directions (2020, background): “Security of NS is an important factor for successful deployment of network slicing [205].”
Cellular, Wide-Area, and Non-Terrestrial IoT: A Survey on 5G Advances and the Road Toward 6G (2021, background): “Even though resources are considered isolated in sliced networks, there are concerns that isolated network partitions can still be accessed at the hardware level [278].”
A Survey on Nongeostationary Satellite Systems: The Communication Perspective (2021, unknown): “, computing, storage) as software only [192].”
Network Slicing and Softwarization: A Survey on Principles, Enabling Technologies, and Solutions (2018, background): “The second group (B), which is also used in [127], assumes that some NFs are common between the network slices (e.”