MonB5G: AI/ML-Capable Distributed Orchestration and Management Framework for Network Slices

Slawomir Kuklinski (1) , Robert Kolakowski (1) , Lechoslaw Tomaszewski (2) , Luis Sanabria-Russo (3) , Christos Verikoukis (3) , Cao-Thanh Phan (4) , Lanfranco Zanzi (5) , Francesco Devoti (5) , Adlen Ksentini (6) , Christos Tselios (7) , George Tsolis (7) , Hatim Chergui (3)

1 Warsaw University of Technology [Warsaw]
2 Orange Polska
3 CTTC - Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya = Telecommunications Technological Centre of Catalonia
4 B<>COM [Cesson Sévigné]
5 NEC Europe Ltd., Network Laboratories
6 Eurecom [Sophia Antipolis]
7 Citrix Systems R&D Ltd, UK

Enabled by the network slicing paradigm, a wide set of vertical services are expected to populate the future mobile ecosystem while efficiently coexisting over a shared infrastructure. However, the intrinsic diversity of vertical services, together with the heterogeneity of mobile infrastructure resources, poses severe management challenges that demand deep architectural innovations to seamlessly support enhanced orchestration mechanisms based on automation, flexibility, and programmability. In this paper, we present a novel management and orchestration platform for network slices devised by the H2020 MonB5G project. The presented concept addresses the scalability of network slicing management and orchestration by using a distributed and programmable management architecture that is AI-driven. AI-enabled management operations are adopted at different levels of the management hierarchy. The proposed architecture is a significant step towards self-managed network slices.

Mots clés: orchestration; 5G 6G network slicing AI ML ZSM management orchestration; 5G; 6G; network slicing; AI; ML; ZSM; management

Domaines: Ingénierie assistée par ordinateur

Slawomir Kuklinski, Robert Kolakowski, Lechoslaw Tomaszewski, Luis Sanabria-Russo, Christos Verikoukis, et al.. MonB5G: AI/ML-Capable Distributed Orchestration and Management Framework for Network Slices. 2021 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom), Sep 2021, Athens, Greece. pp.29-34, ⟨10.1109/MeditCom49071.2021.9647681⟩. ⟨hal-03906654⟩