Autonomic Network Management and Cross-Layer Optimization in Software Defined Radio Environments

Adamantia Stamou, Grigorios Kakkavas, Konstantinos Tsitseklis, Vasileios Karyotis and Symeon Papavassiliou
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Adamantia Stamou: School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 15780 Athens, Greece
Grigorios Kakkavas: School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 15780 Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Tsitseklis: School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 15780 Athens, Greece
Vasileios Karyotis: School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 15780 Athens, Greece
Symeon Papavassiliou: School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 15780 Athens, Greece

Future Internet, 2019, vol. 11, issue 2, 1-18

Abstract: The demand for Autonomic Network Management (ANM) and optimization is as intense as ever, even though significant research has been devoted towards this direction. This paper addresses such need in Software Defined (SDR) based Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs). We propose a new framework for ANM and network reconfiguration combining Software Defined Networks (SDN) with SDR via Network Function Virtualization (NFV) enabled Virtual Utility Functions (VUFs). This is the first approach combining ANM with SDR and SDN via NFV, demonstrating how these state-of-the-art technologies can be effectively combined to achieve reconfiguration flexibility, improved performance and efficient use of available resources. In order to show the feasibility of the proposed framework, we implemented its main functionalities in a cross-layer resource allocation mechanism for CRNs over real SDR testbeds provided by the Orchestration and Reconfiguration Control Architecture (ORCA) EU project. We demonstrate the efficacy of our framework, and based on the obtained results, we identify aspects that can be further investigated for improving the applicability and increasing performance of our broader framework.

Keywords: autonomic network management; software defined networks; software defined radio; network function virtualization; cross-layer resource allocation; federated testbeds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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