论文标题
迈向6G零触摸网络：自动化云部署的情况
Towards 6G zero touch networks: The case of automated Cloud-RAN deployments
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论文摘要
6G技术的到来应大大增加点播和短暂网络的增殖。即时创建和删除自定义网络，特别需要完全自动化以保证调试时间加速。在本文中，我们解决了端到端移动网络的部署自动化，特别关注RAN单元（称为Cloud-Ran）。由于6G的强烈延迟限制以及物理天线所需的管理，云驱动自动化尤其具有挑战性。为了自动实例化云链链，我们引入了零触摸调试（ZTC）模型，该模型在寻找天线和计算能力的同时，尽可能接近目标覆盖区。我们通过测试台验证ZTC模型，该模型在使用基于Kubernetes的基础架构以及实现移动网络功能的开源式运行和开源元素和核心元素时，在不干预的情况下进行部署，配置和启动网络服务。
The arrival of 6G technologies shall massively increase the proliferation of on-demand and ephemeral networks. Creating and removing customized networks on the fly notably requires fully automation to guarantee commissioning-time acceleration. In this paper, we address the deployment automation of an end-to-end mobile network, with special focus on RAN units (referred to as Cloud-RAN). The Cloud-RAN automation is especially challenging due to the strong latency constraints expected in 6G as well as the required management of physical antennas. To automatically instantiate a Cloud-RAN chain, we introduce a Zero Touch Commissioning (ZTC) model which performs resource discovery while looking for both antennas and computing capacity as near as possible to the targeted coverage zone. We validate the ZTC model by a testbed which deploys, configures and starts the network service without human intervention while using Kubernetes-based infrastructures as well as open-source RAN and core elements implementing the mobile network functions.
