VENUE: Virtualized Environment for Multi-UAV Network Emulation

Sanchez-Aguero, Victor; Valera, Francisco; Nogales, Borja; González, Luis F.; Vidal, Iván

doi:10.1109/access.2019.2949119

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“…Our future work includes the implementation of our SUAV reference scenario. For this purpose, we will use an emulation platform for multi-UAV applications that we are developing [46]. In addition, we will continue developing solutions to address the rest of the challenges to NFV orchestration over resource-constrained environments that we have identified in this paper.…”

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Transport-Layer Limitations for NFV Orchestration in Resource-Constrained Aerial Networks

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In this paper, we identify the main challenges and problems related with the management and orchestration of Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) over aerial networks built with Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAVs). Our analysis starts from a reference scenario, where several SUAVs are deployed over a delimited geographic area, and provide a mobile cloud environment that supports the deployment of functions and services using Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technologies. After analyzing the main challenges to NFV orchestration in this reference scenario from a theoretical perspective, we undertake the study of one specific but relevant aspect following a practical perspective, i.e., the limitations of existing transport-layer solutions to support the dissemination of NFV management and orchestration information in the considered scenario. While in traditional cloud computing environments this traffic is delivered using TCP, our simulation results suggest that using this protocol over an aerial network of SUAVs presents certain limitations. Finally, based on the lessons learned from our practical analysis, the paper outlines different alternatives that could be followed to address these challenges.

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Transport-Layer Limitations for NFV Orchestration in Resource-Constrained Aerial Networks

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Valera

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“…These concepts should play a major role in the delivery of future telecommunication services [110]. Furthermore, these concepts are also considered as a building block for 5G and B5G mobile networks [111]. On the one hand, SDN aims to minimize the operational costs and enable flexible network configuration.…”

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Softwarization of UAV Networks: A Survey of Applications and Future Trends

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become increasingly important in assisting 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) mobile networks. Indeed, UAVs have all the potentials to both satisfy the ever-increasing mobile data demands of such mobile networks and provide ubiquitous connectivity to different kinds of wireless devices. However, the UAV assistance paradigm faces a set of crucial issues and challenges. For example, the network management of current UAV-assisted systems is time consuming, complicated, and carried out manually, thus causing a multitude of interoperability issues. To efficiently address all these issues, Software-Defined Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are two promising technologies to efficiently manage and improve the UAV assistance for the next generation of mobile networks. In the literature, no clear guidelines are describing the different use cases of SDN and NFV in the context of UAV assistance to terrestrial networks, including mobile networks. Motivated by this fact, in this survey, we guide the reader through a comprehensive discussion of the main characteristics of SDN and NFV technologies. Moreover, we provide a thorough analysis of the different classifications, use cases, and challenges related to UAV-assisted systems. We then discuss SDN/NFV-enabled UAV-assisted systems, along with several case studies and issues, such as the involvement of UAVs in cellular communications, monitoring, and routing, to name a few. We furthermore present a set of open research challenges, high-level insights, and future research directions related to UAV-assisted systems.

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“…Last but not least, we understand that laboratory experiments may not capture all the specificities of real situations, particularly regarding the conditions of the wireless medium and the geographic positioning of SUAVs. As a long-term work, we consider the incorporation of an emulation system [46] into the NFV testbed. This will allow to increase the portfolio of experimentation enablers at 5TONIC, supporting experimentation activities with NFV services and SUAV platforms, while using realistic communication channels for the SUAVs.…”

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A Multi-Site NFV Testbed for Experimentation With SUAV-Based 5G Vertical Services

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With the advent of 5G technologies, vertical markets have been placed at the forefront, as fundamental drivers and adopters of technical developments and new business models. Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAVs) are gaining traction in multiple vertical sectors, as key assets to generate, process, and distribute relevant information for the provision of value-added services. However, the enormous potential of SUAVs to support a flexible, rapid, and cost-effective deployment of vertical applications is still to be exploited. In this paper, we leverage our prior work on Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and SUAVs to design and build a multi-site experimentation testbed based on open-source technologies. The goal of this testbed is to explore synergies among NFV, SUAVs, and vertical services, following a practical approach primarily governed by experimentation. To verify our testbed design, we realized a reference use case where a number of SUAVs, cloud infrastructures, and communication protocols are used to provide a multi-site vertical service. Our experimentation results suggest the potential of NFV and SUAVs to flexibly support vertical services. The lessons learned have served to identify missing elements in our NFV platform, as well as challenging aspects for potential improvement. These include the development of specific mechanisms to limit processing load and delays of service deployment operations.

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VENUE: Virtualized Environment for Multi-UAV Network Emulation

Cited by 35 publications

References 31 publications

Transport-Layer Limitations for NFV Orchestration in Resource-Constrained Aerial Networks

Transport-Layer Limitations for NFV Orchestration in Resource-Constrained Aerial Networks

Softwarization of UAV Networks: A Survey of Applications and Future Trends

A Multi-Site NFV Testbed for Experimentation With SUAV-Based 5G Vertical Services

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