On the Use of Containers for LoRaWAN Node Virtualization: Practice and Performance Evaluation DOI Open Access

Hossein Khalilnasl,

Paolo Ferrari, Alessandra Flammini

и другие.

Electronics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(8), С. 1568 - 1568

Опубликована: Апрель 12, 2025

This paper investigates the virtualization of LoRaWAN end nodes through Linux containers (LXCs) to improve scalability, flexibility, and resource management. By leveraging lightweight Docker-based virtualization, we break down core functions node, comprising application, LoRaWAN, LoRa layers, into modular containers. In this work, a fully virtualized node is demonstrated. The obtainable performance not only compared against standard approach that leverages LoRaWAN-compliant module but also an emulated solution mimics desired functionalities purely in software. A controlled, uniform testbed, exploiting capability virtual machine hypervisor change way underlying hardware abstracted guest environments, considered. Key metrics, including utilization latency, are explicitly defined evaluated. results underscore potential container technologies transform deployment management communication solutions targeting Internet-of-Things (IoT) scenarios for infrastructure devices, with implications future advancements wireless network virtualization.

Язык: Английский

On the Use of Containers for LoRaWAN Node Virtualization: Practice and Performance Evaluation DOI Open Access

Hossein Khalilnasl,

Paolo Ferrari, Alessandra Flammini

и другие.

Electronics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(8), С. 1568 - 1568

Опубликована: Апрель 12, 2025

This paper investigates the virtualization of LoRaWAN end nodes through Linux containers (LXCs) to improve scalability, flexibility, and resource management. By leveraging lightweight Docker-based virtualization, we break down core functions node, comprising application, LoRaWAN, LoRa layers, into modular containers. In this work, a fully virtualized node is demonstrated. The obtainable performance not only compared against standard approach that leverages LoRaWAN-compliant module but also an emulated solution mimics desired functionalities purely in software. A controlled, uniform testbed, exploiting capability virtual machine hypervisor change way underlying hardware abstracted guest environments, considered. Key metrics, including utilization latency, are explicitly defined evaluated. results underscore potential container technologies transform deployment management communication solutions targeting Internet-of-Things (IoT) scenarios for infrastructure devices, with implications future advancements wireless network virtualization.

Язык: Английский

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