Speaker : | Walter Cerroni and Davide Borsatti |
University of Bologna (Italy) | |
Date: | 07/02/2025 |
Time: | 10:00 am - 10:45 am |
Location: | Amphi 2 |
Abstract
In the last decade, software has been playing an increasingly relevant role in communication networks, bringing advanced programmability features to network infrastructure management, and enabling the adoption of solutions and technologies typical of the cloud computing paradigm. All this led to what is nowadays called “Network Softwarization.” In the seminar we will showcase the evolution of modern network infrastructures toward Network Softwarization, discussing the main concepts and technologies that enabled the emerging network programmability and orchestration paradigms. Then, we will explore the data models employed by common orchestration platforms (e.g., OpenSource MANO and Kubernetes) and show how services and applications can be defined. In the same context, we will survey some monitoring tools and techniques to export the current relevant metrics from the system to the orchestration platform of choice. Finally, we will show how these paradigms are already integrated into the current generation of mobile networks.
Bio: Walter Cerroni (Senior Member, IEEE) is an Associate Professor of communication networks with the University of Bologna, Italy. He coauthored more than 150 articles published in the most renowned international journals, magazines, and conference proceedings. His recent research interests focused on multiple aspects of control, management and orchestration of communication network infrastructures, including software-defined networking, network function virtualization, multi-access edge computing, fog computing, service function chaining, intent-based networking systems. He serves/served as Series Editor for the IEEE Communications Magazine, Associate Editor for the IEEE Communications Letters, and General / Technical Program Co-Chair for IEEE-sponsored international workshops and conferences. He is also serving as Steering Committee Chair of the IEEE NetSoft conference and as Chair of the Transmission, Access, and Optical Systems (TAOS) Technical Committee of the IEEE Communications Society.