A Slicing Model for Transport Networks With Traffic Burst Control and QoS Compliance for Traffic Flows
Network slicing has emerged as a key network technology, providing network operators with the means to offer virtual networks to vertical users over a single physical network infrastructure. Recent research has resulted mainly in techniques for managing and deploying network slices, but the implemen...
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| author | Aitor Encinas-Alonso Carlos M. Lentisco Ignacio Soto Luis Bellido David Fernandez |
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| description | Network slicing has emerged as a key network technology, providing network operators with the means to offer virtual networks to vertical users over a single physical network infrastructure. Recent research has resulted mainly in techniques for managing and deploying network slices, but the implementation of network slices on a real physical transport network infrastructure has received much less attention. Standardization bodies, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), have provided some implementation recommendations. Still, there is a lack of mechanisms to implement network slices capable of handling traffic bursts while simultaneously meeting the Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of the traffic flows associated with the slices. In this paper, we propose a novel fine-grained resource control mechanism to implement transport network slices that meet traffic QoS requirements while both accepting limited traffic bursts, and enabling efficient bandwidth sharing within and across slices. The mechanism is executed at the edge of the transport network. The proposed model aligns with current standards on network slicing and has been tested on an experimental platform. Using this platform, we have conducted an extensive experimental campaign that demonstrates that our proposal can effectively control traffic bursts generated within the network slices while maximizing bandwidth utilization across the network. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a08d7051ef2440f48fb08f9e45e8ebbe2025-08-20T02:17:28ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society2644-125X2025-01-0162152217610.1109/OJCOMS.2025.355283910934051A Slicing Model for Transport Networks With Traffic Burst Control and QoS Compliance for Traffic FlowsAitor Encinas-Alonso0https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1290-8815Carlos M. Lentisco1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7444-0872Ignacio Soto2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7421-3733Luis Bellido3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9591-0928David Fernandez4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2172-9162Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas Telemáticos, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas Telemáticos, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas Telemáticos, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas Telemáticos, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas Telemáticos, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainNetwork slicing has emerged as a key network technology, providing network operators with the means to offer virtual networks to vertical users over a single physical network infrastructure. Recent research has resulted mainly in techniques for managing and deploying network slices, but the implementation of network slices on a real physical transport network infrastructure has received much less attention. Standardization bodies, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), have provided some implementation recommendations. Still, there is a lack of mechanisms to implement network slices capable of handling traffic bursts while simultaneously meeting the Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of the traffic flows associated with the slices. In this paper, we propose a novel fine-grained resource control mechanism to implement transport network slices that meet traffic QoS requirements while both accepting limited traffic bursts, and enabling efficient bandwidth sharing within and across slices. The mechanism is executed at the edge of the transport network. The proposed model aligns with current standards on network slicing and has been tested on an experimental platform. Using this platform, we have conducted an extensive experimental campaign that demonstrates that our proposal can effectively control traffic bursts generated within the network slices while maximizing bandwidth utilization across the network.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10934051/Network slicingquality of servicecommunication system traffic controlmobile communicationtransport network |
| spellingShingle | Aitor Encinas-Alonso Carlos M. Lentisco Ignacio Soto Luis Bellido David Fernandez A Slicing Model for Transport Networks With Traffic Burst Control and QoS Compliance for Traffic Flows IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society Network slicing quality of service communication system traffic control mobile communication transport network |
| title | A Slicing Model for Transport Networks With Traffic Burst Control and QoS Compliance for Traffic Flows |
| title_full | A Slicing Model for Transport Networks With Traffic Burst Control and QoS Compliance for Traffic Flows |
| title_fullStr | A Slicing Model for Transport Networks With Traffic Burst Control and QoS Compliance for Traffic Flows |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Slicing Model for Transport Networks With Traffic Burst Control and QoS Compliance for Traffic Flows |
| title_short | A Slicing Model for Transport Networks With Traffic Burst Control and QoS Compliance for Traffic Flows |
| title_sort | slicing model for transport networks with traffic burst control and qos compliance for traffic flows |
| topic | Network slicing quality of service communication system traffic control mobile communication transport network |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10934051/ |
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