Roaming Edge vNFs using Glasgow Network Functions
Richard Cziva, Simon Jouët, Dimitrios P. Pezaros · 2016
While the network edge is becoming more important for the provision of customized services in next generation mobile networks, current NFV architectures are unsuitable to meet the increasing future demand. They rely on commodity servers with resource-hungry Virtual Machines that are unable to provide the high network function density and mobility requirements necessary for upcoming wide-area and 5G networks.