Authors:
Jakub Krzywda
1
;
William Tärneberg
2
;
Per-Olov Östberg
1
;
Maria Kihl
2
and
Erik Elmroth
1
Affiliations:
1
Umeå University, Sweden
;
2
Lund University, Sweden
Keyword(s):
Mobile cloud computing, Telecommunication infrastructure, Cloud infrastructure, Modelling, Simulation.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Cloud Computing
;
Engineering Mobile Clouds and Mobile-based Systems
;
Mobile Cloud Computing and Services
;
Mobile Cloud Computing Models, Infrastructures, and Approaches
Abstract:
In this paper, we propose a telco cloud meta-model that can be used to simulate different infrastructure configurations
and explore their consequences for system performance and costs. To achieve this, we analyse current
telecommunication and data centre infrastructure paradigms, describe the architecture of the telco cloud, and
detail the benefits of merging both infrastructures in a unified system. Next, we detail the dynamics of the
telco cloud and identify the components that are the most relevant from the perspective of modelling performance
and cost. As a number of well established simulation technologies exist for most of the telco cloud
components, we survey existing models in an attempt to construct a suitable composite meta-model. Finally,
we present a showcase scenario to demonstrate the scope of our telco cloud simulator.