CAONS: Controle de Admissão On-line para RAN Slicing Baseado na Convergência de Comunicação e Computação

• Henrique V. Lima UFG
• Sand L. Correa UFG
• Kleber V. Cardoso UFG

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbrc.2023.517

Abstract

The deployment of 5G mobile networks has leveraged Network Slicing (NS), a disruptive technology that can provide dedicated resources in mobile systems, helping to monetize the physical and logical infrastructure. However, NS creates new challenges, such as (1) dynamic and flexible management of Radio Access Network (RAN) resources, (2) smooth integration of services in Multi Access Edge Computing (MEC), and (3) admission of new tenants to the network. In this work, we propose an admission control algorithm aware of RAN resources, which uses the overbooking technique to increase infrastructure utilization, penalizing the operator in case of violations. We evaluate the model and compare it with known solutions, using data from different applications.

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