Small Cells-As-A-Service in 5G Networks
Αλέξανδρος Κωστόπουλος, Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Ioannis Giannoulakis, Anastasios Kourtis, Emmanouil Kafetzakis · 2018
The 5G ESSENCE project [1] context is based on the concept of Edge cloud computing and Small Cell-as-a-Service (SCaaS) and further “promotes” their role and/or influences within the related 5G vertical markets. 5G ESSENCE's core innovation is focused upon the development/provision of a highly flexible and scalable platform, offering benefits to the involved market actors. This paper gives an overview of the 5G ESSENCE ecosystem and use cases, as well as maps the project pilots to the key addressed 5G functionalities and KPIs.