The emergence of operator-neutral small cells as a strong case for cloud computing at the mobile edge

Small cells have emerged as a useful tool for supporting increased network capacity through network densification, but they can also be used to support edge cloud computing services. In this paper, we provide a preview of an innovative concept that tackles the consolidation of multi‐tenancy in such...

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Autores: Giannoulakis, Ioannis, Kafetzakis, Emmanouil, Trajkovska, Irena, Sayyad Khodashenas, Pouria, Chochliouros, Ioannis P., Costa, Cristina E., Neokosmidis, Ioannis, Bliznakov, Pavel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/355261
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/355261
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:5G / 6G & Internet of Things
Smart City & Urban Environment
Digital Technologies
Software Networks
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Sumario:Small cells have emerged as a useful tool for supporting increased network capacity through network densification, but they can also be used to support edge cloud computing services. In this paper, we provide a preview of an innovative concept that tackles the consolidation of multi‐tenancy in such type communications infrastructures, as well as the placement of network intelligence and applications in the network edge. After surveing the challenges and the enabling technologies, we present the envisaged architecture to manage and control the Cloud‐Enabled Small Cell infrastructure. Also, at the operation level, we explain the potential advantages of adopting the proposed solutions on the long‐term evolution access networks. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.