Publication on open 5G networks:
Open, Programmable, and Virtualized 5G Networks: State-of-the-Art and the Road Ahead
Bonati, M. Polese, S. D’Oro, S. Basagni, and T. Melodia, “Open, Programmable, and Virtualized 5G Networks: State-of-the-Art and the Road Ahead,” Computer Networks, vol. 182, August 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]
This article provides the first cohesive and exhaustive compendium of recent open source software and frameworks for 5G cellular networks, with a full stack and end-to-end perspective. We detail their capabilities and functionalities focusing on how their constituting elements fit the 5G ecosystem, and unravel the interactions among the surveyed solutions.
