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An In-Kernel Solution Based on XDP for 5G UPF: Design, Prototype and Performance Evaluation

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Autor(es):
Navarro do Amaral, Thiago A. ; Rosa, Raphael, V ; Moura, David F. Cruz ; Rothenberg, Christian E. ; Chemouil, P ; Ulema, M ; Clayman, S ; Sayit, M ; Cetinkaya, C ; Secci, S
Número total de Autores: 10
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2021 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT (CNSM 2021): SMART MANAGEMENT FOR FUTURE NETWORKS AND SERVICES; v. N/A, p. 7-pg., 2021-01-01.
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The edge computing infrastructure can scale from datacenters to single device. The well-known technology for fast packet processing is DPDK, which has outstanding performance regarding the throughput and latency. However, there are some drawbacks when the usage is done in the edge: (i) the polling mechanism for packet processing keeps the CPU exclusively occupied even if there is no traffic, leading to wasted resources; and (ii) DPDK interface becomes unavailable for the applications inside the host, so the integration between a non-DPDK application and a DPDK application becomes a hard task. In this paper, we propose an open-source in-kernel 5G UPF solution based on 3GPP Release 16 to be deployed in a restrictive environment like MEC, where MEC host and UPF are collocated with the Base Station, sharing the same computational and network resources. The solution leverages the eBPF/XDP, a novel Linux kernel technology for fast packet processing. We show it can scale and achieve 10 Mpps using only 60% of the CPU with 6 cores. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 20/05182-3 - PORVIR-5G: programabilidade, orquestração e virtualização em redes 5G
Beneficiário:José Marcos Silva Nogueira
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
Processo FAPESP: 18/23101-0 - Redes LTE comunitárias no Brasil: modelamento, implantação e manutenção sustentáveis com base em novos paradigmas de redes
Beneficiário:Christian Rodolfo Esteve Rothenberg
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular