eprintid: 10076033 rev_number: 23 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/07/60/33 datestamp: 2019-06-18 15:54:43 lastmod: 2021-11-16 00:17:59 status_changed: 2019-06-18 15:54:43 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Freitas, LA creators_name: Braga, VG creators_name: Correa, SL creators_name: Mamatas, L creators_name: Rothenberg, CE creators_name: Clayman, S creators_name: Cardoso, KV title: Slicing and Allocation of Transformable Resources for the Deployment of Multiple Virtualized Infrastructure Managers (VIMs) ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F46 keywords: Data centers, Network slicing, 5G mobile communication, Cloud computing, Computer architecture, Electronic mail, 3GPP note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: In the context of 5G networks, the concept of network slicing allows network providers to flexibly share infrastructures with mobile service providers and verticals. While this concept has been widely investigated considering mostly the network issues, in this work we focus on a slice as a service model that takes into account the data center (DC) perspective. In particular, we propose an architecture where DC slices are created over transformable (compute and storage) resources, which can be virtualized or de-virtualized on-demand. Then, on top of each slice, an on-demand VIM is instantiated to control the allocated resources. As a realization of this architecture, we introduce the DC Slice Controller, a system able to deploy and delivery full operational VIMs based on generic templates. We evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed system deploying three VIMs (VLSP, Kubernetes, and OpenStack) over commodity hardware. Experimental results show that the DC Slice Controller can timely provide a slice even when dealing with sophisticated VIMs such as OpenStack. As an example, we were able to delivery a fully functional OpenStack in four nodes in less than 10 minutes. date: 2018-09-13 date_type: published publisher: IEEE official_url: https://doi.org/10.1109/NETSOFT.2018.8459990 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1587724 doi: 10.1109/NETSOFT.2018.8459990 isbn_13: 978-1-5386-4633-5 language_elements: English lyricists_name: Clayman, Stuart lyricists_id: SCLAY98 actors_name: Clayman, Stuart actors_id: SCLAY98 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: 2018 4TH IEEE CONFERENCE ON NETWORK SOFTWARIZATION AND WORKSHOPS (NETSOFT) pagerange: 424-432 pages: 9 event_title: IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft) event_location: Montreal, Canada event_dates: 25th-29th June 2018 institution: IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft) book_title: Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization and Workshops (NetSoft) 2018 citation: Freitas, LA; Braga, VG; Correa, SL; Mamatas, L; Rothenberg, CE; Clayman, S; Cardoso, KV; (2018) Slicing and Allocation of Transformable Resources for the Deployment of Multiple Virtualized Infrastructure Managers (VIMs). In: Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization and Workshops (NetSoft) 2018. (pp. pp. 424-432). IEEE Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10076033/7/Clayman_Slicing%20and%20Allocation%20of%20Transformable%20Resources%20for%20the%20Deployment%20of%20Multiple%20Virtualized%20Infrastructure%20Managers%20%28VIMs%29_AAM.pdf