A performance evaluation of software-defined radio deployment in virtualized environments
Abstract
Fifth generation (5G) mobile networks must be flexible to meet different connectivity requirements of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. In this context, radio virtualization is promising, since it enables multiple heterogeneous virtual radios to coexist on top of the same hardware. One approach to implementing virtual radios is through the use of virtualization tools, such as virtual machines and containers. In this article, we evaluate experimental limits of the Ethernet communication of a SDR device and the impact of the virtualization on its performance, in order to verify the suitability of the virtual environments for the use of SDR applications. The results show that the performance of containers is similar to native Linux.
Keywords:
SDR, software-defined radio, virtualization
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Huber, N., von Quast, M., Hauck, M., and Kounev, S. (2011). Evaluating and modeling virtualization performance overhead for cloud environments. CLOSER, 11:563–573.
Kist, M., Rochol, J., DaSilva, L. A., and Both, C. B. (2018). Sdr virtualization in future mobile networks: Enabling multi-programmable air-interfaces. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pages 1–6. IEEE.
Larsen, L. M., Checko, A., and Christiansen, H. L. (2018). A survey of the functional splits proposed for 5g mobile crosshaul networks. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 21(1):146–172.
Mattos, D. M., Ferraz, L. H. G., Costa, L. H. M., and Duarte, O. C. M. (2012). Evaluating virtual router performance for a pluralist future internet. In Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on information and communication systems, pages 1–7.
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Published
2022-07-31
How to Cite
BEZERRA, Govinda M. G.; FERREIRA, Tadeu N.; MATTOS, Diogo M. F..
A performance evaluation of software-defined radio deployment in virtualized environments. In: WORKSHOP ON PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (WPERFORMANCE), 21. , 2022, Niterói.
Anais [...].
Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2022
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p. 72-83.
ISSN 2595-6167.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wperformance.2022.223264.
