Modeling the cost of flexibility in communication networks

Alberto Martinez Alba; Peter Babarczi; Andreas Blenk; Mu He; Patrick Kalmbach; Johannes Zerwas; Wolfgang Kellerer

doi:10.1109/INFOCOM42981.2021.9488900

Modeling the cost of flexibility in communication networks

Alberto Martinez Alba, Peter Babarczi, Andreas Blenk, Mu He, Patrick Kalmbach, Johannes Zerwas, Wolfgang Kellerer

Chair of Communication Networks

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Abstract

Communication networks are evolving towards a more adaptive and reconfigurable nature due to the evergrowing demands they face. A framework for measuring network flexibility has been proposed recently, but the cost of rendering communication networks more flexible has not yet been mathematically modeled. As new technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV), or network virtualization (NV) emerge to provide network flexibility, a way to estimate and compare the cost of different implementation options is needed. In this paper, we present a comprehensive model of the cost of a flexible network that takes into account its transient and stationary phases. This allows network researchers and operators to not only qualitatively argue about their new flexible network solutions, but also to analyze their cost for the first time in a quantitative way.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	INFOCOM 2021 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780738112817
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOCOM42981.2021.9488900
State	Published - 10 May 2021
Event	40th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM 2021 - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 10 May 2021 → 13 May 2021

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Name	Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
Volume	2021-May
ISSN (Print)	0743-166X

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Conference	40th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM 2021
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	10/05/21 → 13/05/21

Keywords

Adaptation
Communication networks
Cost
Flexibility

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Alba, A. M., Babarczi, P., Blenk, A., He, M., Kalmbach, P., Zerwas, J., & Kellerer, W. (2021). Modeling the cost of flexibility in communication networks. In INFOCOM 2021 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Article 9488900 (Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM; Vol. 2021-May). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOCOM42981.2021.9488900

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Modeling the cost of flexibility in communication networks. / Alba, Alberto Martinez; Babarczi, Peter; Blenk, Andreas et al.
INFOCOM 2021 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. 9488900 (Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM; Vol. 2021-May).

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