Enabling technologies and benefits of multi-tenant multi-service 5G Small Cells
Ioannis Giannoulakis, José Oscar Fajardo, Javier Garcia Lloreda, Pouria Sayyad Khodashenas, Cristina Ruiz, August Betzler, Emmanouil Kafetzakis, J. Pérez-Romero, Antonino Albanese, Michele Paolino, Leonardo Goratti, Roberto Riggio · 2016
In this manuscript, we present the main concepts of the 5G-PPP SESAME project dedicated to the implementation of Cloud-Enabled Small Cells (CESCs), able to support edge cloud computing in a multi-tenant, multi-service ecosystem. More particularly, we give a preview of the SESAME concept at the component/sub-system, system and operation level. At the component/sub-system level, we detail our plan to deploy multi-operator enabled small cells, enhanced with a virtualised execution platform for 5G. At the system level, we present the envisaged architecture to manage and control the cloud-enabled small cell infrastructure. Finally, at the operation level, we explain the potential advantages of adopting the SESAME concept on the 5G access networks.