Salvato in:
| Autori principali: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Natura: | Preprint |
| Pubblicazione: |
2026
|
| Soggetti: | |
| Accesso online: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09894 |
| Tags: |
Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
|
| _version_ | 1866911503568863232 |
|---|---|
| author | Atalay, Tolga O. Famili, Alireza Ghafoori, Amirreza Stavrou, Angelos |
| author_facet | Atalay, Tolga O. Famili, Alireza Ghafoori, Amirreza Stavrou, Angelos |
| contents | The next generation of cellular networks is designed to provide ubiquitous connectivity to a wide range of devices. As Telecommunication Service Providers (TSPs) increasingly collaborate with public cloud providers to deploy 5G and beyond networks, a fundamental shift is underway, from hardware-bound Physical Network Functions (PNFs) to cloud-native, containerized deployments managed through platforms like Kubernetes. While this transition promises greater scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency, it also introduces a complex set of technical and operational challenges that must be thoroughly understood before large-scale cellular deployments can take place in cloud environments. In this survey, we present a structured taxonomy that categorizes the design space of cloud-based cellular deployments across four dimensions: deployment architecture, resource management and orchestration, multi-tenancy and isolation, and economic and ownership models. Using this taxonomy as a foundation, we critically analyze six key investigation areas, security and privacy, scalability and elasticity, performance and latency, cost optimization, resilience and fault management, and compliance and sovereignty, examining each through a cloud-native lens. To benchmark the state of industry adoption, we examine the deployment strategies of leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) providers, namely Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Finally, we identify emerging trends such as AI-driven orchestration, quantum-safe protocols for virtualized network functions, and serverless networking for 6G, while articulating the open challenges that remain in realizing robust, scalable cloud-based cellular networks. |
| format | Preprint |
| id |
arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2603_09894 |
| institution | arXiv |
| publishDate | 2026 |
| record_format | arxiv |
| spellingShingle | A Survey on Cloud-Based 6G Deployments: Current Solutions, Future Directions and Open Challenges Atalay, Tolga O. Famili, Alireza Ghafoori, Amirreza Stavrou, Angelos Systems and Control The next generation of cellular networks is designed to provide ubiquitous connectivity to a wide range of devices. As Telecommunication Service Providers (TSPs) increasingly collaborate with public cloud providers to deploy 5G and beyond networks, a fundamental shift is underway, from hardware-bound Physical Network Functions (PNFs) to cloud-native, containerized deployments managed through platforms like Kubernetes. While this transition promises greater scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency, it also introduces a complex set of technical and operational challenges that must be thoroughly understood before large-scale cellular deployments can take place in cloud environments. In this survey, we present a structured taxonomy that categorizes the design space of cloud-based cellular deployments across four dimensions: deployment architecture, resource management and orchestration, multi-tenancy and isolation, and economic and ownership models. Using this taxonomy as a foundation, we critically analyze six key investigation areas, security and privacy, scalability and elasticity, performance and latency, cost optimization, resilience and fault management, and compliance and sovereignty, examining each through a cloud-native lens. To benchmark the state of industry adoption, we examine the deployment strategies of leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) providers, namely Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Finally, we identify emerging trends such as AI-driven orchestration, quantum-safe protocols for virtualized network functions, and serverless networking for 6G, while articulating the open challenges that remain in realizing robust, scalable cloud-based cellular networks. |
| title | A Survey on Cloud-Based 6G Deployments: Current Solutions, Future Directions and Open Challenges |
| topic | Systems and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09894 |