Softwarization of Mobile Network Functions towards Agile and Energy Efficient 5G Architectures: A Survey

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Softwarized EPC architectures utilizing SDN and NFV technologies</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><svg height="11.5564pt" id="M1" style="vertical-align:-2.26807pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 15.3928 11.5564" width="15.3928pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M300 -147C201 -63 143 98 143 270S200 602 300 686L282 710C136 610 70 450 70 271V270C70 89 136 -72 282 -170L300 -147Z" id="g113-41"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,4.498,0)"><path d="M384 0V27C293 34 287 42 287 114V635C232 613 172 594 109 583V559L157 557C201 555 205 550 205 499V114C205 42 199 34 109 27V0H384Z" id="g113-50"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,10.738,0)"><path d="M275 270C275 450 212 609 64 710L45 686C145 604 203 442 203 270S147 -63 45 -147L64 -170C213 -68 275 89 275 270Z" id="g113-42"></path></g></svg> Grouping EPC functions [<a href="/journals/wcmc/2017/8618364/#B13">16</a>–<a href="/journals/wcmc/2017/8618364/#B15">18</a>]</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><svg height="11.5564pt" id="M2" style="vertical-align:-2.26807pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 15.3928 11.5564" width="15.3928pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M300 -147C201 -63 143 98 143 270S200 602 300 686L282 710C136 610 70 450 70 271V270C70 89 136 -72 282 -170L300 -147Z" id="g113-41"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,4.498,0)"><path d="M412 140C382 77 369 73 315 73H129L270 222C362 320 402 379 402 466C402 571 322 635 234 635C177 635 130 609 99 576L42 495L64 475C90 514 133 568 201 568C274 568 318 519 318 435C318 349 255 267 193 193C144 135 87 78 32 23V0H405C417 45 427 89 440 131L412 140Z" id="g113-51"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,10.738,0)"><path d="M275 270C275 450 212 609 64 710L45 686C145 604 203 442 203 270S147 -63 45 -147L64 -170C213 -68 275 89 275 270Z" id="g113-42"></path></g></svg> NFV enabled network cloud for EPC [<a href="/journals/wcmc/2017/8618364/#B18">20</a>, <a href="/journals/wcmc/2017/8618364/#B19">21</a>]</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><svg height="11.5564pt" id="M3" style="vertical-align:-2.26807pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 15.3928 11.5564" width="15.3928pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M300 -147C201 -63 143 98 143 270S200 602 300 686L282 710C136 610 70 450 70 271V270C70 89 136 -72 282 -170L300 -147Z" id="g113-41"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,4.498,0)"><path d="M285 378C315 398 338 416 353 432C373 451 384 474 384 503C384 579 325 635 236 635H235C182 635 136 610 108 579L65 516L85 496C110 533 150 575 205 575C258 575 300 543 300 481C300 407 232 369 141 339L147 310C163 315 188 321 211 321C268 321 338 284 338 192C338 94 288 40 217 40C160 40 119 68 93 91C85 98 77 97 69 91C60 84 47 71 46 58C44 46 48 35 62 22C75 10 116 -12 162 -12C234 -12 424 62 424 224C424 297 373 359 285 376V378Z" id="g113-52"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,10.738,0)"><path d="M275 270C275 450 212 609 64 710L45 686C145 604 203 442 203 270S147 -63 45 -147L64 -170C213 -68 275 89 275 270Z" id="g113-42"></path></g></svg> Networking slicing [<a href="/journals/wcmc/2017/8618364/#B17">14</a>, <a href="/journals/wcmc/2017/8618364/#B24">24</a>, <a href="/journals/wcmc/2017/8618364/#B26">26</a>]</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><svg height="11.5564pt" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-2.26807pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 15.3928 11.5564" width="15.3928pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M300 -147C201 -63 143 98 143 270S200 602 300 686L282 710C136 610 70 450 70 271V270C70 89 136 -72 282 -170L300 -147Z" id="g113-41"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,4.498,0)"><path d="M456 178V225H360V632H320C217 496 115 347 20 206V178H280V106C280 40 276 34 189 27V0H445V27C364 34 360 39 360 106V178H456ZM280 225H82C149 335 214 431 278 520H280V225Z" id="g113-53"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,10.738,0)"><path d="M275 270C275 450 212 609 64 710L45 686C145 604 203 442 203 270S147 -63 45 -147L64 -170C213 -68 275 89 275 270Z" id="g113-42"></path></g></svg> Mobile edge computing [<a href="/journals/wcmc/2017/8618364/#B31">31</a>, <a href="/journals/wcmc/2017/8618364/#B34">34</a>, <a href="/journals/wcmc/2017/8618364/#B35">35</a>]</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="1"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Softwarization of Mobile Network Functions towards Agile and Energy Efficient 5G Architectures: A Survey 