Research on Application/Device Specific Slicing for Next Generation MVNO

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H01681
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Information network
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Nakao Akihiro 東京大学, 大学院情報学環, 教授 (60401238)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 杜 平 東京大学, 大学院情報学環・学際情報学府, 特任講師 (10462912) ; 山本 周 東京大学, 大学院情報学環・学際情報学府, 特任助教 (10590317)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: SDN / Network Slicing / NFV / MVNO / 仮想ネットワーク / MEC / ネットワークセキュリティ / アプリケーション同定

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We propose next-generation MVNO infrastructure based on application / device specific network slicing, which introduces fine-grained QoS control and network functions enabled by SDN / NFV technology designed for each application / device. We also conduct evaluations in the real world field experiments. Our research outcome is three-fold: (1) infrastructure technologies for application/device specific QoS by identifying applications and devices from the data traffic without privacy violation and despite encryption, (2) edge computing technologies for resource limited mobile terminals utilizing network edge resources and (3) bandwidth control technologies that enable both operators and users to optimally use the limited bandwidth.
We have published lots of academic research publication and field experiments as planned, and in the final year, we have achieved technology transfer for the commercialization of research outcome.

Free Research Field

情報通信・コンピュータネットワーク