User Story: Connecting to a live Cellular Radio System Summary This user story details one experience that the SoftFIRE team have had in develping ETE test capabilities that involve connection of a static Cellular Radio Access Network (RAN) to a virtualised Core Network (CN) to produce soft configured ETE LTE-A test network slice for experimenters to… Read More

Objectives SoftFIRE focuses on NFV/SDN aiming at creating a secure, interoperable and programmable experimental infrastructure within FIRE+. The Project is federating experimental testbeds that will result  in an infrastructure that Third Parties can use to develop new services and applications. The federation is a fundamental step towards the creation of a network experimental infrastructure that… Read More

IEEE Software Defined Networks (IEEE SDN), a cross-society IEEE worldwide programme addressing the main techno-economic aspects concerning SDN and Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), and EIT Digital, the leading European digital innovation and entrepreneurial education organisation driving Europe’s digital transformation, jointly launched today an international Open Testbed Community (OTC) aimed at stimulating 5G innovation. This breakthrough… Read More