BNG-HAL: A Unified API for Disaggregated BNGs
2021 (English)In: 2021 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks, NFV-SDN 2021 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021, p. 116-119Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Network Functions have traditionally been deployed as software packages inside virtual machines or containers. In order to make them cloud-native and exploit the lowcost, scalability and resiliency of the cloud, Network Functions need to be disaggregated. Such disaggregation enables flexible deployment and resource allocation policies for critical components of a Network Function. However, growing interest of vendor neutrality and interoperability from vendors and operators, requires standardisation of well-defined interfaces. In this paper, we propose an abstraction layer for the disaggregation of a broadband network gateway (BNG). In the proposed architecture, this layer abstracts the BNG functions, and provides a stable translation target for configuring and managing subscriber sessions by adding forwarding rules or specifying Quality of Service parameters.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021. p. 116-119
Keywords [en]
Abstracting, Broadband networks, Gateways (computer networks), Quality of service, A-stable, Abstraction layer, Cloud networks, Critical component, Disaggregation, Low-costs, Network functions, Proposed architectures, Quality of Service parameters, Resource allocation policy, Transfer functions
National Category
Computer Sciences
Research subject
Computer Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-89511DOI: 10.1109/NFV-SDN53031.2021.9665122Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85125016063ISBN: 9781665439831 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-89511DiVA, id: diva2:1651759
Conference
2021 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks, NFV-SDN 2021, 9 November, 2021 through 11 November 2021
2022-04-132022-04-132022-09-01Bibliographically approved