Results from performance evaluation and testing of virtual infrastructure managers

<p>Network operators are facing significant challenges meeting the demand for more bandwidth, agile infrastructures, service growths, while keeping costs low. Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Cloud Computing are emerging as key trends of 5G network architectures: flexibility, agility, fast instantiation times, consolidation, Commercial Off The Shelf hardware support and significant cost savings. NFV leverages Cloud Computing principles to move the data-plane network functions from expensive, closed and proprietary hardware to so-called Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). We deal with the management of virtual computing resources (Unikernels) for the execution of VNFs. This functionality is performed by the Virtual Infrastructure Manager (VIM) in the NFV MANagement and Orchestration (MANO) reference architecture.  We have improved the OpenStack, Nomad and OpenVIM VIMs by introducing the support for special-purpose Unikernels and implement a tuned version with the specific goal of reducing the duration of the instantiation process. We realize a performance evaluation of the VIMs, both considering stock and the tuned versions. The results of this performance evaluation are reported in this dataset.</p

Superfluidity Project Vision and Roadmap, V1

<p>This deliverable reports the first version of the Project Vision and Roadmap of the project; a second version will be delivered at the end of the project. The document starts from the Description of Work document, and takes into account results generated within the project, other relevant scientific, technological or market developments, and the long term strategies of the EU and project partners. Thus, it includes parts of the original proposal, updated when needed, concise description of work performed, status of the project roadmap as of now, and new/updated concepts. Its aim is to concisely describe the project as a whole, and publicly.</p

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND DECOMPOSITION

<p>This document presents an initial assessment of the Superfluidity reusable components in different domains, including the NFV, the Cloud RAN and mobile edge computing domains. We proceed to decompose existing monolithic network functionality into reusable components. The principle of Reusable Functional Block is introduced. Example applications of this concept are concept are presented in heterogeneous domains: Radio Access Networks, Mobile Edge Computing, fixed networking equipment, packet<br> processing state machines. A set of use cases are introduced at the end of this document, presenting examples of usability of the RFBs.</p