v-EPC is a simple virtualized form of Long Term Evolution Evolved Packet Core (LTE - EPC). It simulates the working of a typical EPC for User Equipment session creation, termination, handover and paging. Being motivated by the fastly growing concept of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), v-EPC is built to help researchers see the benefits of employing NFV in the EPC.
- Mobility Management Entity (MME)
- Home Subscriber Server (HSS)
- Serving GateWay (S-GW)
- Packet Data Network GateWay (P-GW)
- Radio Access Network (RAN) - User Equipment (UE) + Evolved NodeB (eNodeB)
- Sink Node - Dummy node to receive / send data traffic
- Six interconnected VMs running Linux OS on a server
- Software tools: openssl
- Run EPC-executables each on a separate VM
- Use LTE simulator ran to test EPC
- Use sink node sink to receive data traffic (Dump node)
Note: User Equipment connections, data traffic transfer can be configured using ran simulator
Sadagopan N S
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