4 papers
A Survey on Cloud-Based 6G Deployments: Current Solutions, Future Directions and Open Challenges
Tolga O. Atalay, Alireza Famili, Amirreza Ghafoori +1
The next generation of cellular networks is designed to provide ubiquitous connectivity to a wide range of devices. As Telecommunication Service Providers (TSPs) increasingly colla…
SlicePilot: Demystifying Network Slice Placement in Heterogeneous Cloud Infrastructures
Ioannis Panitsas, Tolga O. Atalay, Dragoslav Stojadinovic +2
Cellular networks are comprised of software-based entities, with main functions encapsulated as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) deployed on Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) hardwar…
5GC-Bench: A Framework for Stress-Testing and Benchmarking 5G Core VNFs
Ioannis Panitsas, Tolga O. Atalay, Dragoslav Stojadinovic +2
The disaggregated, cloud-native design of the 5G Core (5GC) enables flexibility and scalability but introduces significant challenges. Control-plane procedures involve complex inte…
5G-WAVE: A Core Network Framework with Decentralized Authorization for Network Slices
Pragya Sharma, Tolga Atalay, Hans-Andrew Gibbs +3
5G mobile networks leverage Network Function Virtualization (NFV) to offer services in the form of network slices. Each network slice is a logically isolated fragment constructed b…