eprintid: 1528183
rev_number: 36
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/01/52/81/83
datestamp: 2016-11-12 22:49:02
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Mamatas, L
creators_name: Clayman, S
creators_name: Galis, A
title: Information Exchange Management as a Service for Network Function Virtualization Environments
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F46
keywords: information exchange management as a service, Network function virtualization, NFV management and orchestration,  Information exchange, Proposals, Computer architecture, Protocols, Software, Monitoring
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abstract: 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.
date: 2016-09
date_type: published
publisher: IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSM.2016.2587664
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1190084
doi: 10.1109/TNSM.2016.2587664
lyricists_name: Clayman, Stuart
lyricists_name: Galis, Alexandru
lyricists_id: SCLAY98
lyricists_id: AGALI91
full_text_status: public
publication: IEEE Transactions On Network And Service Management
volume: 13
number: 3
pagerange: 564-577
pages: 14
issn: 1932-4537
citation:        Mamatas, L;    Clayman, S;    Galis, A;      (2016)    Information Exchange Management as a Service for Network Function Virtualization Environments.                   IEEE Transactions On Network And Service Management , 13  (3)   pp. 564-577.    10.1109/TNSM.2016.2587664 <https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSM.2016.2587664>.       Green open access   
 
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