Integrated SDN-NFV 5G Network Performance and Management-Complexity Evaluation
Digitalization is one of the factors that affects the acceleration of the application of telecommunications technologies such as 5G. The 5G technology that has been developed today does not yet meet different performance and manageability standards, particularly for data center networks as a support...
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| description | Digitalization is one of the factors that affects the acceleration of the application of telecommunications technologies such as 5G. The 5G technology that has been developed today does not yet meet different performance and manageability standards, particularly for data center networks as a supportive technology. Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) are two complementary technologies that are currently used by almost all data centers in the telecommunications industry to rectify performance and manageability issues. In this study, we deliver an integrated SDN-NFV architecture to simplify network management activities in telecommunication companies. To improve network performance at the computing level, we performed a modification of a networking system at the computing level, underlying NFV devices by replacing the default virtual switch with a data plane development kit (DPDK) and single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV). This study evaluated the proposed architecture design in terms of network performance and manageability. Based on 30 days of observation in prime time, the proposed solution increased throughput up to 200 Mbps for the server leaf and 1.6 Gbps for the border leaf compared to the legacy architecture. Meanwhile, the latency decreased to 12 ms for the server leaf and 17 ms for the border leaf. For manageability, we tested three different scenarios and achieved savings of 13 min for Scenario 1, 22 min for Scenario 2 and 9 min for Scenario 3. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9446e9462534ddc96c459f898a68c052023-11-24T14:58:50ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032022-12-01141237810.3390/fi14120378Integrated SDN-NFV 5G Network Performance and Management-Complexity EvaluationNico Surantha0Noffal A. Putra1BINUS Graduate Program—Master of Computer Science, Computer Science Department, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta 11480, IndonesiaBINUS Graduate Program—Master of Computer Science, Computer Science Department, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta 11480, IndonesiaDigitalization is one of the factors that affects the acceleration of the application of telecommunications technologies such as 5G. The 5G technology that has been developed today does not yet meet different performance and manageability standards, particularly for data center networks as a supportive technology. Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) are two complementary technologies that are currently used by almost all data centers in the telecommunications industry to rectify performance and manageability issues. In this study, we deliver an integrated SDN-NFV architecture to simplify network management activities in telecommunication companies. To improve network performance at the computing level, we performed a modification of a networking system at the computing level, underlying NFV devices by replacing the default virtual switch with a data plane development kit (DPDK) and single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV). This study evaluated the proposed architecture design in terms of network performance and manageability. Based on 30 days of observation in prime time, the proposed solution increased throughput up to 200 Mbps for the server leaf and 1.6 Gbps for the border leaf compared to the legacy architecture. Meanwhile, the latency decreased to 12 ms for the server leaf and 17 ms for the border leaf. For manageability, we tested three different scenarios and achieved savings of 13 min for Scenario 1, 22 min for Scenario 2 and 9 min for Scenario 3.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/14/12/378Software-Defined NetworkNetwork Function Virtualizationnetwork architecturetelecommunication5G |
| spellingShingle | Nico Surantha Noffal A. Putra Integrated SDN-NFV 5G Network Performance and Management-Complexity Evaluation Future Internet Software-Defined Network Network Function Virtualization network architecture telecommunication 5G |
| title | Integrated SDN-NFV 5G Network Performance and Management-Complexity Evaluation |
| title_full | Integrated SDN-NFV 5G Network Performance and Management-Complexity Evaluation |
| title_fullStr | Integrated SDN-NFV 5G Network Performance and Management-Complexity Evaluation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrated SDN-NFV 5G Network Performance and Management-Complexity Evaluation |
| title_short | Integrated SDN-NFV 5G Network Performance and Management-Complexity Evaluation |
| title_sort | integrated sdn nfv 5g network performance and management complexity evaluation |
| topic | Software-Defined Network Network Function Virtualization network architecture telecommunication 5G |
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