%0 Conference Proceedings %T Enhancing Network Management via NFV, MEC, Cloud Computing and Cognitive Features: The “5G ESSENCE” Modern Architectural Approach %+ Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) S.A. %+ National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos" (NCSR) %+ Orion Innovations P.C. %+ Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. [Athens] (OTE) %+ National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) %+ Clemic Services S.A %A Chochliouros, Ioannis, P. %A Spiliopoulou, Anastasia, S. %A Kourtis, Anastasios %A Giannoulakis, Ioannis %A Kourtis, Michail-Alexandros %A Kafetzakis, Emmanouil %A Vasilaki, Eirini %A Agapiou, Marinos %A Iosifidis, Mike %Z Part 2: 5G-PINE %< avec comité de lecture %( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology %B 14th IFIP International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI) %C Rhodes, Greece %Y Lazaros Iliadis %Y Ilias Maglogiannis %Y Vassilis Plagianakos %I Springer International Publishing %3 Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations %V AICT-520 %P 50-61 %8 2018-05-25 %D 2018 %R 10.1007/978-3-319-92016-0_5 %K 5G %K Cognitive management %K Edge cloud computing %K Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) %K Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) %K Network slicing %K Small Cell (SC) %K Virtual Network Function (VNF) %Z Computer Science [cs]Conference papers %X The paper work presents the essential architectural approach that has been proposed in the framework of the modern “5G-ESSENCE” EU-funded project, intending to develop a suitable ecosystem for serving real-life use cases associated to vertical industries and built on the pillars of network functions virtualisation (NFV), mobile-edge computing (MEC) capabilities, cognitive network management and appropriate use of small cells. Apart from identifying innovative features and options for enabling service deployment, the work focuses on the fundamental 5G ESSENCE-based architecture with description of the corresponding modules and their capabilities. The current approach comes as a mature continuity of previous efforts and/or related findings in the 5G-PPP context (mainly from the SESAME research project), but it purely concentrates upon providing tools for a robust and agile network management. %G English %Z TC 12 %Z WG 12,5 %2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01821323/document %2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01821323/file/468652_1_En_5_Chapter.pdf %L hal-01821323 %U https://inria.hal.science/hal-01821323 %~ IFIP %~ IFIP-AICT %~ IFIP-TC %~ IFIP-WG %~ IFIP-TC12 %~ IFIP-AIAI %~ IFIP-WG12-5 %~ IFIP-AICT-520