@article {42698,
	title = { Service-based Analytics for 5G open experimentation platforms},
	journal = {Computer Networks},
	volume = {205},
	year = {2022},
	pages = {108740},
	publisher = {Elsevier},
	abstract = {A scalable, flexible and reliable Analytics service has become a requirement toward building efficient Fifth Generation (5G) experimental platforms that can support a suite of end-user experiments and verticals. Our paper presents the challenges that come with designing such a service-based\&nbsp;Analytics component, and shows how we have used it in the context of open experimental platforms in the\&nbsp;5GENESIS\&nbsp;project. Our Analytics service was designed both for enabling the efficient setup and configuration of the underlying platform, and also for ensuring that it provides useful insights into the experimentation\&nbsp;Key Performance Indicators\&nbsp;(KPIs) toward the end-user. Thus, Analytics proved to be a useful tool across several stages, starting from ensuring correct operation during the initial phases of the network setup and continuing into the normal day-to-day experimentation. Our experiments show how the tool was used in our setup and provide information on how to apply it to different environments. The\&nbsp;Analytics component, designed as a set of\&nbsp;microservices\&nbsp;that serve several goals in the analytics workflow, is also provided as open source, being part of the\&nbsp;Open5Genesis\&nbsp;suite.},
	author = {Aumayr, Erik and Caso, Giuseppe and Bosneag, Anne-Marie and Almudena Diaz {Zayas} and Alay, {\"O}zg{\"u} and Garcia, Bruno and Kousias, Konstantinos and Brunstr{\"o}m, Anna and Pedro Merino {Gomez} and Koumaras, Harilaos}
}
@article {27530,
	title = {A Modular Experimentation Methodology for 5G Deployments: The 5GENESIS Approach},
	journal = {Sensors},
	volume = {20},
	number = {22},
	year = {2020},
	month = {11/2020},
	pages = {6652},
	publisher = {MDPI},
	abstract = {The high heterogeneity of 5G use cases requires the extension of the traditional per-component testing procedures provided by certification organizations, in order to devise and incorporate methodologies that cover the testing requirements from vertical applications and services. In this paper, we introduce an experimentation methodology that is defined in the context of the 5GENESIS project, which aims at enabling both the testing of network components and validation of E2E KPIs. The most important contributions of this methodology are its modularity and flexibility, as well as the open-source software that was developed for its application, which enable lightweight adoption of the methodology in any 5G testbed. We also demonstrate how the methodology can be used, by executing and analyzing different experiments in a 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) deployment at the University of Malaga. The key findings of the paper are an initial 5G performance assessment and KPI analysis and the detection of under-performance issues at the application level. Those findings highlight the need for reliable testing and validation procedures towards a fair benchmarking of generic 5G services and applications.},
	keywords = {5G, Experimentation, methodology, Testbeds},
	doi = {10.3390/s20226652},
	url = {https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/22/6652},
	author = {Diaz-Zayas, Almudena and Caso, Giuseppe and Alay, {\"O}zg{\"u} and Merino, Pedro and Brunstr{\"o}m, Anna and Tsolkas, Dimitris and Koumaras, Harilaos}
}
