Autonomic Communications in Software-Driven Networks

作者：Zhao Zhongliang^*; Schiller Eryk; Kalogeiton Eirini; Braun Torsten; Stiller Burkhard; Garip Mevlut Turker; Joy Joshua; Gerla Mario; Akhtar Nabeel; Matta Ibrahim

来源：IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2017, 35(11): 2431-2445.

DOI：10.1109/JSAC.2017.2760354

• Autonomic communications
• autonomic computing
• software-defined networking (SDN)
• network function virtualization (NFV)
• self-management
• self-optimization
• testing
• autonomic security
• operation and business support system (OSS/BSS)

Autonomic communications aim to provide the quality-of-service in networks using self-management mechanisms. It inherits many characteristics from autonomic computing, in particular, when communication systems are running as specialized applications in software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV)-enabled cloud environments. This paper surveys autonomic computing and communications in the context of software-driven networks, i.e., networks based on SDN/NFV concepts. Autonomic communications create new challenges in terms of security, operations, and business support. We discuss several goals, research challenges, and development issues on self-management mechanisms and architectures in software-driven networks. This paper covers multiple perspectives of autonomic communications in software-driven networks, such as automatic testing, integration, and deployment of network functions. We also focus on self-management and optimization, which make use of machine learning techniques.

• 出版日期2017-11