Reference architecture for slicing in LoRAWAN networks

Fabrice Guillemin (1) , Renzo Navas (2) , Alessandro Aimi (3) , Tatiana Aubonnet (4) , Tan- Guy Kerdoncuff (5) , Stefano Secci (4) , Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul (6) , Stéphane Rovedakis (7) , Amina Boubendir (3)

1 Orange Labs [Meylan]
2 IMT Atlantique - IMT Atlantique
3 Orange Labs [Chatillon]
4 CEDRIC - ROC - CEDRIC. Réseaux et Objets Connectés
5 LHC - Laboratoire Hubert Curien
6 DIONYSOS - Dependability Interoperability and perfOrmance aNalYsiS Of networkS
7 CEDRIC - OC - CEDRIC. Optimisation Combinatoire

This document describes the basic functional architecture of the Intelligentisa project. This document reviews all the elements necessary to run a LoRAWAN network and the associated functions. The objective is to integrate the functional architecture into an orchestration framework, possibly by virtualizing some fundamental functions, such as LoRAWAN network Servers (LNSs). This requires to identify basic functional blocks, in particular telemetry exploiting metrics from the substrate virtualized infrastructure as well as supported LoRAWAN networks, and orchestration functions for the deployment and the optimization of LoRAWAN networks to achieve some performance objectives. In a first step, all these issues are considered without slicing considerations and in a second step, the concept of slicing in the context of LoRAWAN networks is introduced.

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Fabrice Guillemin, Renzo Navas, Alessandro Aimi, Tatiana Aubonnet, Tan- Guy Kerdoncuff, et al.. Reference architecture for slicing in LoRAWAN networks. [Research Report] Consortium INTELLIGENTSIA. 2021, pp.1-45. ⟨hal-03566398⟩