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. 2019 Jul 13;19(14):3107. doi: 10.3390/s19143107
4G Fourth Generation (mobile/cellular networks)
5G Fifth Generation (mobile/cellular networks)
CN Core Network
DiffServ Differentiated Services
DO Domain Orchestrator
DSC Dedicated Short-Range Communication
DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point
eMBB evolved Mobile Broadband
GO General Orchestrator
IoT Internet of Things
IoV Internet of Vehicles
ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems
LP-WAN Low Power—Wide Area Network
MANO Management and Orchestration
MEC Multi-Access Edge Computing
mMTC massive Machine-Type Communication
NFV Network Function Virtualization
OBU On-Board Unit
OvS Open vSwitch
PHB Per Hop Behavior
QFI QoS Flow ID
QoS Quality of Service
RAN Radio Access Network
RAT Radio Access Technology
RTT Round Trip Time
SDF Service Data Flow
SDN Software Defined Network
SD-WAN Software Defined—Wide Area Network
SCr Slice Creator
SINR Signal to Interference & Noise Ratio
SM Slicing Manager
SSM Slice Session Manager
TC Traffic shaper and Controller
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UDR Unified Data Repository
URLLC Ultra-Reliable, Low-Latency Communication
VIM Virtualized Infrastructure Manager
VNF Virtualized Network Function