A Framework for the Joint Placement of Edge Service Infrastructure and User Plane Functions for 5G

Achieving less than 1 ms end-to-end communication latency, required for certain 5G services and use cases, is imposing severe technical challenges for the deployment of next-generation networks. To achieve such an ambitious goal, the service infrastructure and User Plane Function (UPF) placement at...

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Main Authors: Irian Leyva-Pupo, Alejandro Santoyo-González, Cristina Cervelló-Pastor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/18/3975