Cloud-in-the-Loop simulation of C-V2X application relocation distortions in Kubernetes based Edge Cloud environment

Cloud-based systems could be a solution for enabling one of the emerging technologies, Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) communication. To eliminate the limitations of centralized infrastructure elements, the Edge Cloud architecture could be the key in enhancing 5G systems' service capabilities by placing computational resources to the edge of the network, close to the users. To evaluate and validate new systems in this domain is to use model-based simulation tools. Thus, we introduce the Cloud-in-the-Loop (CiL) simulator concept. The implemented framework models the physical movement of vehicles, and based on this information, it orchestrates a complete distributed cloud system and executes various measurement scenarios. Here we focus on the distortions of a Kubernetes-based Edge Cloud environment caused by the application relocation mechanisms initiated due to user (i.e., vehicles) mobility.