TY  - JOUR
KW  - information exchange management as a service
KW  -  Network function virtualization
KW  -  NFV management and orchestration
KW  -   Information exchange
KW  -  Proposals
KW  -  Computer architecture
KW  -  Protocols
KW  -  Software
KW  -  Monitoring
ID  - discovery1528183
N2  - The Internet landscape is gradually adopting new communication paradigms characterized by flexibility and adaptability to the resource constraints and service requirements, including network function virtualization (NFV), software-defined networks, and various virtualization and network slicing technologies. These approaches need to be realized from multiple management and network entities exchanging information between each other. We propose a novel information exchange management as a service facility as an extension to ETSI's NFV management and orchestration framework, namely the virtual infrastructure information service (VIS). VIS is characterized by the following properties: 1) it exhibits the dynamic characteristics of such network paradigms; 2) it supports information flow establishment, operation, and optimization; and 3) it provides a logically centralized control of the established information flows with respect to the diverse demands of the entities exchanging information elements. Our proposal addresses the information exchange management requirements of NFV environments and is information-model agnostic. This paper includes an experimental analysis of its main functional and non-functional characteristics.
PB  - IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
TI  - Information Exchange Management as a Service for Network Function Virtualization Environments
EP  - 577
AV  - public
Y1  - 2016/09//
JF  - IEEE Transactions On Network And Service Management
A1  - Mamatas, L
A1  - Clayman, S
A1  - Galis, A
SN  - 1932-4537
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSM.2016.2587664
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IS  - 3
SP  - 564
VL  - 13
ER  -