Cloud-Native Architecture for Next-Generation MVNO Platforms

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@article{1723794,
      author = {Karthick Cherladine},
      title = {Cloud-Native Architecture for Next-Generation MVNO Platforms},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2024},
      volume = {7},
      number = {8},
      pages = {626-632},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1723794.pdf},
      abstract = {Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) require flexible, scalable, and cost-efficient platforms to support rapidly growing mobile services. Traditional MVNO infrastructures often face limitations in resource utilization, service deployment, scalability, and operational efficiency. This paper proposes a cloud-native architecture for next-generation MVNO platforms using microservices, containerization, orchestration, API gateways, and automated resource management. The proposed architecture enables independent service deployment, dynamic scaling, improved fault tolerance, and efficient network resource utilization. A simulated evaluation compares the proposed cloud-native approach with a conventional MVNO architecture using latency, provisioning time, resource utilization, scalability, and service availability. Results demonstrate improved performance and operational flexibility.},
      keywords = {Cloud-Native Computing, Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), Microservices, Containerization, 5G Networks.},
      month = {February},
  }