• A cloud-enabled small cell architecture in 5G networks for broadcast/multicast services 

      kourtis, Michail-Alexandros; Blanco, Begoña; Pérez Romero, Jordi; Makris, Dimitris; McGrath, Michael J.; Xilouris, George; Munaretto, Daniele; Solozabal, Ruben; Sanchoyerto, Aitor; Giannoulakis, Ioannis; Kafetzakis, Emmanouil; Riccobene, Vincenzo; Jimeno, Elisa; Kourtis, Anastasios; Ferrús Ferré, Ramón Antonio; Liberal, Fidel; Koumaras, Harilaos; Kostopoulos, Alexandros; Chochliouros, Ioannis (2019-06-01)
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      The evolution of 5G suggests that communication networks become sufficiently flexible to handle a wide variety of network services from various domains. The virtualization of small cells as envisaged by 5G, allows enhanced ...
    • Enhancing satellite & terrestrial networks integration through NFV/SDN technologies 

      Ferrús Ferré, Ramón Antonio; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Rasheed, Tinku; Morelli, Arianna; Koumaras, Harilaos; Agapiou, George; Boustie, Christelle; Gélard, Patrick; Mestari, Rachid; Makis, Haritos; Masson, Thierry (2015-07-01)
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      NFV and SDN technologies can become key facilitators for the combination of terrestrial and satellite networks. Enabling NFV into the SatCom domain will provide operators with appropriate tools and interfaces in order to ...
    • On the virtualization and dynamic orchestration of satellite communication services 

      Ferrús Ferré, Ramón Antonio; Koumaras, Harilaos; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Rasheed, Tinku; Duros, Emmanuel; Riggio, R.; Kuhn, Nicolas; Gélard, Patrick; Ahmed, Toufik (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
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      Key features of satellite communications such as wide-scale coverage, broadcast/multicast support and high availability, together with significant amounts of new satellite capacity coming online, anticipate new opportunities ...
    • SDN and NFV for satellite infrastructures 

      Agapiou, George; Ferrús Ferré, Ramón Antonio; Koumaras, Harilaos; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Rasheed, Tinku; Kuhn, Nicolas; Ahmed, Toufik (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE), 2016)
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      The integration of SDN and NFV enablers into the satellite network could prove to be an essential means to save on physical sites, improve the time to bring new services to the market and open new ways to improve ...
    • SDN/NFV-enabled satellite communications networks: opportunities, scenarios and challenges 

      Ferrús Ferré, Ramón Antonio; Koumaras, Harilaos; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Agapiou, George; Rasheed, Tinku; Boustie, Christelle; Gélard, Patrick; Ahmed, Toufik (Elsevier, 2016-03-01)
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      In the context of next generation 5G networks, the satellite industry is clearly committed to revisit and revamp the role of satellite communications. As major drivers in the evolution of (terrestrial) fixed and mobile ...