5G-COMPLETE: Service-Driven Slice Management over Heterogeneous 5G Infrastructures

In this paper, we present the 5G-COMPLETE project, which focuses on the delivery of novel technological blocks in both physical connectivity and network softwarization. In particular, the 5G-COMPLETE solution employs service-driven slice management in 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) networks, while integrating the orchestration of radio, transport and core network resources as well as cloud and edge computing resources. 5G-COMPLETE aims to build upon a well-defined architecture as well as the network management and orchestration layer with two main goals: i) develop novel networking and compute blocks, integrating them in a heterogeneous infrastructure where service-driven slice management can assist use cases in realistic deployment options, ii) develop solutions to provide a higher and more intelligent level of network management boosted by Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) assisted tools for improving operational efficiency, energy efficiency and reducing the operational expenditure of 5G and B5G networks.