SoftNet: A Software Defined Decentralized Mobile Network Architecture toward 5G

被引：66

作者：

Wang, Hucheng ^{[1
]}

Chen, Shanzhi ^{[3
]}

Xu, Hui ^{[3
]}

Ai, Ming ^{[3
]}

Shi, Yan ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Beijing Univ Posts & Telecommun, State Key Lab Networking & Switching Technol, Commun & Informat Syst, Beijing, Peoples R China

[2] Beijing Univ Posts & Telecommun, State Key Lab Networking & Switching Technol, Beijing, Peoples R China

[3] China Acad Telecommun Technol, State Key Lab Wireless Mobile Commun, Beijing, Peoples R China

来源：

IEEE NETWORK | 2015年 / 29卷 / 02期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Wireless networks - Mobile cloud computing - 5G mobile communication systems - Information management - Social sciences computing;

D O I：

10.1109/MNET.2015.7064898

中图分类号：

TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Mobile cloud computing and other new emerging communication paradigms such as mobile social networking and Internet-of-Things, have brought challenges in flexibility, efficiency, and scalability to the current LTE network. Inspired by thinking of the fundamental mechanisms in LTE as reasons causing those problems, SoftNet, a software defined decentralized mobile network architecture toward 5G, is proposed in this article following principles proposed for designing an efficient and scalable network. The analysis of the working mechanisms of SoftNet, including its dynamically defined architecture, decentralized mobility management, distributed data forwarding, and multi-RATs coordination, show that SoftNet has improved system capacity and performance. Further, simulations are conducted to demonstrate that signaling cost in SoftNet, as an important performance metric, can be decreased significantly compared with LTE networks.

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