Network Slices Towards 5G Communications: Slicing the LTE Network

Katsalis, Kostas; Nikaein, Navid; Schiller, Eryk Jerzy; Ksentini, Adlen; Braun, Torsten (2017). Network Slices Towards 5G Communications: Slicing the LTE Network. IEEE Communications Magazine, 55(8), pp. 146-154. IEEE Communications Society 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1600936

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The upcoming 5G ecosystem is envisioned to build business-driven Network Slices to accommodate the different needs of divergent service types, applications and services in support of vertical industries. In this paper, we describe the Network Slicing concept, by unveiling a novel Network Slicing architecture for integrated 5G communications. Further, we demonstrate its realization, for the case of evolved LTE, using state of the art technologies. Finally, we elaborate on the LTE specific requirements towards 5G and point out existing challenges and open issues.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Computer Science (INF) > Communication and Distributed Systems (CDS)
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Computer Science (INF)

UniBE Contributor:

Schiller, Eryk Jerzy, Braun, Torsten

Subjects:

000 Computer science, knowledge & systems
500 Science > 510 Mathematics

ISSN:

0163-6804

Publisher:

IEEE Communications Society

Language:

English

Submitter:

Dimitrios Xenakis

Date Deposited:

30 May 2017 16:24

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:05

Publisher DOI:

10.1109/MCOM.2017.1600936

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.100871

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/100871

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