Automatic deployment, execution and analysis of 5G experiments using the 5G EVE platform
Winnie Nakimuli, Giada Landi, Ramón Pérez, Matteo Pergolesi, Marc Mollà Roselló, Christos Ntogkas, Ginés García-Avilés, Jaime García-Reinoso, Mauro Femminella, Pablo Serrano, Francesco Lombardo, Juan Rodríguez, Gianluca Reali, Stefano Salsano
Abstract
The 5G EVE is a 5G PPP phase 3 Infrastructure project aimed at building a European 5G validation platform for extensive trials. One of the main objectives of 5G EVE is to offer an accessible and fully operational 5G end-to-end infrastructure, flexible enough to support a plethora of tests for different vertical industries, distributed among several sites. When executing the declared tests, vertical industries with expertise deploying such services may state the operational key performance indicators, and the platform will provide an analysis of the results. This paper presents the design and results of the first 5G end to end experiment deployed on the 5G EVE infrastructure. In particular, we present the 5G EVE architecture, all the steps required to design and execute a simple experiment. Finally, this paper also provides an analysis and discussion of the results provided by our platform.