Review Article

Small-Scale 5G Testbeds for Network Slicing Deployment: A Systematic Review

Table 1

List of the used acronyms in this paper.

Abb.DefinitionAbb.DefinitionAbb.Definition

5GFifth generation4GForth generation3GPP3rd Generation Partnership Project
AIArtificial IntelligenceAMFAccess and Mobility Management functionAPIApplication Programming Interface
BBUBaseband UnitCAIConnected AICNCore Network
CNFContainerized NFCPControl PlaneCAPEXCapital Expenditure
C-RANCloud-RANDCData CenterDCAEData Collection Analytics & Events
DPData PlaneDSAFDynamic Slice Allocation FrameworkE2EEnd-to-End
eMBBenhanced Mobile BroadbandEPCEvolved Packet CoreETSIEuropean Telecommunications Standards Institute
FCFSFAFirst Come First Serve First AvailableGUIGraphical UIHP LCVNFHigh Priority LCVNF
IaaSInfrastructure-as-a-ServiceIIoTIndustrial IoTIMSIP Multimedia System
IoTInternet-of-ThingsKPIKey Performance IndicatorKQIKey Quality Indicators
L2TPLayer-2 Tunneling ProtocolLCVNFLatency Critical VNFLP LCVNFLow Piority LCVNF
LTELong-Term EvolutionLT VNFLatency Tolerant VNFMACMedium Access Control
MANOManagement and Network OrchestrationM-CORDMobile-Central Office Rearchitected as DatacenterMECMultiaccess Edge Computing
MLMachine LearningMMEMobility Management EntityMTCMachine Type Communication
NASNetwork Attached StorageNBINorthbound InterfaceNFNetwork Function
NRNew RadioNFVNetwork Function VirtualizationNFVINFV Infrastructure
NFVONFV OrchestratorNIMNetwork Infrastructure ManagerNSONetwork Service Orchestrator
OAIOpenAirInterfaceODLOpenDayLightODTNOpen and Disaggregated Transport Network
OMECOpen Mobile Evolved CoreONAPOpen Networking Automation PlatformONOSOpen Network Operating System
OPEXOperational ExpenditureOSMOpen Source MANOOTGOAI Traffic Generator
OvSOpen virtualSwitchPaaSPlatform-as-a-ServicePNFPhysical NF
QoEQuality of ExperienceQoSQuality of ServiceRANRadio Access Network
RATRadio Access TechnologyRLCRadio Link ControlROResource Orchestrator
RRCRadio Resource ControlRRHRemote Radio HeadRRMRadio Resource Management
SAService AssuranceSaaSSoftware-as-a-ServiceSBISouthbound Interface
SDNSoftware Defined NetworkingSD-RANSoftware Defined RANSEMIoTICSSmart End-to-end Massive IoT Interoperability, Connectivity, and Security
SLAService Level AgreementSlaaSSlice-as-a-ServiceSRS LTESoftware Radio Systems LTE
TNTransport NetworkUEUser EquipmentUIUser Interface
VDUVirtual Deployment UnitVESVirtual Event StreamingVIMVirtualized Infrastructure Manager
VNFVirtualized NFVNFFGVNF Forwarding GraphVNFMVNF Manager