Vertical-oriented 5G platform-as-a-service: user-generated content case study

TL;DR

This paper explores how cloud-native PaaS models enable scalable, automated management of 5G infrastructure for user-generated content applications, demonstrating automatic resource scaling through telemetry data.

Contribution

It introduces a cloud-native PaaS framework for 5G that supports service lifecycle management and automatic scaling in UGC multimedia scenarios.

Findings

Telemetry-based automatic resource scaling demonstrated

Effective platform provisioning for UGC in 5G

Enhanced automation in 5G service management

Abstract

5G realizes an impactful convergence, where Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and cloud-native models become fundamental for profiting from the unprecedented capacity offered at the 5G Radio Access Network (RAN). For providing scalability and automation management over resources in 5G infrastructure, cloud-native and Platform as a service (PaaS) are proposed as solutions for paving the way for vertical applications in 5G. This paper leverages cloud-native models, PaaS, and virtual testbed instances to provide key platform provisioning and service life-cycle management features to a selected User Generated Content (UGC) scenario in multimedia applications. Specifically, this article and results show how service-level telemetry from a UGC cloud-native application is used to automatically scale system resources across the NFV infrastructure.