{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2605961225","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2017.1600920","title":"Network Slicing to Enable Scalability and Flexibility in 5G Mobile Networks","display_name":"Network Slicing to Enable Scalability and Flexibility in 5G Mobile Networks","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2605961225","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2017.1600920","mag":"2605961225"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/mcom.2017.1600920","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2017.1600920","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S158797327","display_name":"IEEE Communications Magazine","issn_l":"0163-6804","issn":["0163-6804","1558-1896"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Communications Magazine","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10016/28650","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007772835","display_name":"Peter Rost","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8341-6989"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210159457","display_name":"Nokia (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/05nh5td39","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2738502077","https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Peter Rost","raw_affiliation_strings":["NokiaBell Labs, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NokiaBell Labs, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015691907","display_name":"Christian Mannweiler","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3816-4732"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210159457","display_name":"Nokia (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/05nh5td39","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2738502077","https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christian Mannweiler","raw_affiliation_strings":["NokiaBell Labs, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NokiaBell Labs, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063405879","display_name":"Diomidis S. Michalopoulos","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-8177"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210159457","display_name":"Nokia (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/05nh5td39","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2738502077","https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Diomidis S. Michalopoulos","raw_affiliation_strings":["NokiaBell Labs, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NokiaBell Labs, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5041513507","display_name":"Cinzia Sartori","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210159457","display_name":"Nokia (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/05nh5td39","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2738502077","https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Cinzia Sartori","raw_affiliation_strings":["NokiaBell Labs, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NokiaBell Labs, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071187690","display_name":"Vincenzo Sciancalepore","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0680-7150"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210089015","display_name":"Sharp Laboratories of Europe (United Kingdom)","ror":"https://ror.org/0075mfb88","country_code":"GB","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210089015"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vincenzo Sciancalepore","raw_affiliation_strings":["NEC Laboratories Europe"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NEC Laboratories Europe","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210089015"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025030042","display_name":"Nishanth Sastry","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4053-0386"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183935753","display_name":"King's College London","ror":"https://ror.org/0220mzb33","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nishanth Sastry","raw_affiliation_strings":["King's College, London"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"King's College, London","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009027912","display_name":"Oliver Holland","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7280-3302"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183935753","display_name":"King's College London","ror":"https://ror.org/0220mzb33","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Oliver Holland","raw_affiliation_strings":["King's College, London"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"King's College, London","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110422357","display_name":"Shreya Tayade","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I153267046","display_name":"University of Kaiserslautern","ror":"https://ror.org/04zrf7b53","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I153267046"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shreya Tayade","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Kaiserslautern"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Kaiserslautern","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153267046"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020795703","display_name":"Bin Han","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2086-2487"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I153267046","display_name":"University of Kaiserslautern","ror":"https://ror.org/04zrf7b53","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I153267046"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bin Han","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Kaiserslautern"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Kaiserslautern","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I153267046"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5002141564","display_name":"Dario Bega","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1957-910X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2802499160","display_name":"IMDEA Networks","ror":"https://ror.org/04mm9fg30","country_code":"ES","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I105140100","https://openalex.org/I2802499160"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I50357001","display_name":"Universidad Carlos III de Madrid","ror":"https://ror.org/03ths8210","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I50357001"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dario Bega","raw_affiliation_strings":["IMDEA Networks Institute","Univeristy Carlos III, Madrid"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IMDEA Networks Institute","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2802499160"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univeristy Carlos III, Madrid","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I50357001"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109858836","display_name":"Danish Aziz","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210159457","display_name":"Nokia (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/05nh5td39","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2738502077","https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Danish Aziz","raw_affiliation_strings":["NokiaBell Labs, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NokiaBell Labs, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110620123","display_name":"H.C.M. de Bakker","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210159457","display_name":"Nokia (Germany)","ror":"https://ror.org/05nh5td39","country_code":"DE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2738502077","https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hajo Bakker","raw_affiliation_strings":["NokiaBell Labs, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"NokiaBell Labs, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210159457"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":12,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5007772835"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210159457"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":57.0787,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":512,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9992645,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":99,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"55","issue":"5","first_page":"72","last_page":"79"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10148","display_name":"Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization","score":0.9929999709129333,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10796","display_name":"Cooperative Communication and Network Coding","score":0.9891999959945679,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8723289966583252},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/slicing","display_name":"Slicing","score":0.8182497024536133},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scalability","display_name":"Scalability","score":0.6204174757003784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.5870209336280823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.5845317244529724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/flexibility","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","score":0.5478524565696716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/radio-access-network","display_name":"Radio access network","score":0.5312765836715698},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/implementation","display_name":"Implementation","score":0.5205180048942566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cellular-network","display_name":"Cellular network","score":0.505092203617096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.1762256622314453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.14642709493637085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/database","display_name":"Database","score":0.10133680701255798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-station","display_name":"Mobile station","score":0.09754860401153564},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/base-station","display_name":"Base station","score":0.0949978232383728}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8723289966583252},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776190703","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488148","display_name":"Slicing","level":2,"score":0.8182497024536133},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48044578","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727490","display_name":"Scalability","level":2,"score":0.6204174757003784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5870209336280823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.5845317244529724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.5478524565696716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106365562","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3078360","display_name":"Radio access network","level":4,"score":0.5312765836715698},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26713055","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245962","display_name":"Implementation","level":2,"score":0.5205180048942566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153646914","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535695","display_name":"Cellular network","level":2,"score":0.505092203617096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.1762256622314453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.14642709493637085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.10133680701255798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207029474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384018","display_name":"Mobile station","level":3,"score":0.09754860401153564},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68649174","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379116","display_name":"Base station","level":2,"score":0.0949978232383728},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/mcom.2017.1600920","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2017.1600920","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S158797327","display_name":"IEEE Communications Magazine","issn_l":"0163-6804","issn":["0163-6804","1558-1896"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Communications Magazine","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:dnet:earchivo____::1776f73c3e4e15b17e8c27da472a4488","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10016/28650","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402641","display_name":"LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Cient\u00edficas)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4383465926","host_organization_name":"LA Referencia","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4383465926"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:kclpure.kcl.ac.uk:publications/19ea7f85-65b5-49f0-b1a0-6577c4b7d8c8","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/19ea7f85-65b5-49f0-b1a0-6577c4b7d8c8","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400216","display_name":"Research Portal (King's College London)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I183935753","host_organization_name":"King's College London","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Rost, P, Mannweiler, C, Michalopoulos, DI S, Sartori, C, Sciancalepore, V, Sastry, N, Holland, O, Tayade, S, Han, B, Bega, D, Aziz, D & Bakker, H 2017, 'Network Slicing to Enable Scalability and Flexibility in 5G Mobile Networks', IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, vol. 55, no. 5, 7926920, pp. 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2017.1600920","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:dnet:earchivo____::1776f73c3e4e15b17e8c27da472a4488","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10016/28650","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402641","display_name":"LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Cient\u00edficas)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4383465926","host_organization_name":"LA Referencia","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4383465926"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5699999928474426,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332999","display_name":"Horizon 2020 Framework Programme","ror":"https://ror.org/00k4n6c32"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":10,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1539925810","https://openalex.org/W1978328995","https://openalex.org/W2021268118","https://openalex.org/W2055515382","https://openalex.org/W2144256528","https://openalex.org/W2298990467","https://openalex.org/W2345842246","https://openalex.org/W2468141484","https://openalex.org/W2498128239","https://openalex.org/W6632121183"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2393746923","https://openalex.org/W2972496411","https://openalex.org/W3033662781","https://openalex.org/W4239223006","https://openalex.org/W2610007503","https://openalex.org/W3205936112","https://openalex.org/W3024206064","https://openalex.org/W2762817092","https://openalex.org/W2805173205","https://openalex.org/W2944278712"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0,30,45],"argue":[1],"for":[2],"network":[3,28,43,77,81,109,125],"slicing":[4,82],"as":[5,57,59],"an":[6,102],"efficient":[7],"solution":[8],"that":[9,35,114],"addresses":[10],"the":[11,20,33,48,53,63,69,87,96,105,112,120,124],"diverse":[12],"requirements":[13],"of":[14,55,72,89,104,108],"5G":[15,39,90],"mobile":[16,91],"networks,":[17],"thus":[18],"providing":[19],"necessary":[21],"flexibility":[22],"and":[23,83,119],"scalability":[24],"associated":[25,51],"with":[26,52,78],"future":[27],"implementations.":[29],"elaborate":[31],"on":[32,42,47,80,86],"challenges":[34],"emerge":[36],"when":[37],"designing":[38],"networks":[40],"based":[41],"slicing.":[44],"focus":[46,79],"architectural":[49],"aspects":[50],"coexistence":[54],"dedicated":[56],"well":[58],"shared":[60],"slices":[61],"in":[62],"network.":[64],"In":[65,93],"particular,":[66],"we":[67],"analyze":[68],"realization":[70],"options":[71],"a":[73],"flexible":[74],"radio":[75],"access":[76],"their":[84],"impact":[85],"design":[88],"networks.":[92],"addition":[94],"to":[95],"technical":[97],"study,":[98],"this":[99,117],"article":[100],"provides":[101],"investigation":[103],"revenue":[106],"potential":[107],"slicing,":[110],"where":[111],"applications":[113],"originate":[115],"from":[116,123],"concept":[118],"profit":[121],"capabilities":[122],"operator's":[126],"perspective":[127],"are":[128],"put":[129],"forward.":[130]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":32},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":21},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":53},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":59},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":79},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":104},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":82},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":64},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":10}],"updated_date":"2026-05-17T08:19:37.847499","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}