Title: IMMI: an architecture integrated for management of modern internet service providers

Authors: Matheus Monteiro Silveira; Rafael Lopes Gomes

Addresses: Center of Science and Technology, State University of Ceará (UECE), Av. Silas Munguba 1700, ZIP 60714903, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil ' Center of Science and Technology, State University of Ceará (UECE), Av. Silas Munguba 1700, ZIP 60714903, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

Abstract: Nowadays, the human society claims for modern computational services based on internet access through an internet service provider (ISP). Similarly, ISPs expanded their service delivery, giving different alternatives of access networks and interconnected by an edge network. This new reality creates the idea of modern internet service providers (MISPs), applying network virtualisation (NV), software-defined network (SDN) and network function virtualisation (NFV) technologies. However, the MISPs need a solution to perform an integrated management of these network environments. Within this context, this article proposes an architecture, called integrated management of modern internet service providers (IMMI), to perform the management of both edge and access networks, allowing information exchange, the deployment of slices and resources based on the profile of the access network. Additionally, this article analyses the current status of the ISPs (and their limitations), as well as it discusses the key technical trends and challenges for the management of MISPs. Finally, a case study is presented to show the suitability of the proposed architecture to enhance the management capacity of MISPs.

Keywords: edge network; access network; network management; internet service provider; ISP; network virtualization; software-defined network; SDN; network function virtualisation; NFV; resource allocation; strategic planning; future internet.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSN.2021.117863

International Journal of Security and Networks, 2021 Vol.16 No.3, pp.141 - 149

Received: 18 Sep 2020
Accepted: 04 Oct 2020
Published online: 04 Oct 2021 *

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