5G-COMPLETE: Service-Driven Slice Management over Heterogeneous 5G Infrastructures
Francesca Moscatelli, Giada Landi, Agapi Mesοdiakaki, Marios A. Gatzianas, George A. Kalfas, Anna Tzanakaki, Μάρκος Αναστασόπουλος, Giannis Giannoulis, Konstantinos Tokas, Dimitris J. Apostolopoulos, H. Avramopoulos, Dimitra E. Simeonidou, Reza Nejabati · 2021
In this paper, we present the 5G-COMPLETE project, which focuses on the delivery of novel technological blocks in both physical connectivity and network softwarization. In particular, the 5G-COMPLETE solution employs service-driven slice management in 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) networks, while integrating the orchestration of radio, transport and core network resources as well as cloud and edge computing resources. 5G-COMPLETE aims to build upon a well-defined architecture as well as the network management and orchestration layer with two main goals: i) develop novel networking and compute blocks, integrating them in a heterogeneous infrastructure where service-driven slice management can assist use cases in realistic deployment options, ii) develop solutions to provide a higher and more intelligent level of network management boosted by Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) assisted tools for improving operational efficiency, energy efficiency and reducing the operational expenditure of 5G and B5G networks.