Enabling 5G verticals and services through network softwarization and slicing
Konstantinos Samdanis, Athul Prasad, Min Chen, Kai Hwang · IEEE Communications Standards Magazine · 2018
This Feature Topic includes seven outstanding articles that focus on softwarization and network slicing considering 5G services. These articles provide an insight on the different standardization activities considering service orchestration, security, operational aspects, and applications, pointing out key enabling technologies for ensuring the desired customization and performance. The articles are briefly summarized.