Future internet architecture: Control-based perspectives related to Quality of Experience (QoE) management

Abstract

This paper presents the Future Internet Architecture developed in the framework of the Platino project, focusing on the Quality of Experience (QoE) Management; the presented architecture is fully compliant with the concepts developed in the framework of the FP7 PPP Future Internet initiative and in the projects related to Software Defined Networks (SDNs) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV). The paper highlights the proposed underlying innovations of the architecture related to the Orchestration functionalities; in particular, the developments related to such innovations offer a plenty of opportunities for applying control based, operation research and optimization techniques.