Abstract :
[en] Unlike previous mobile networks, 5G and beyond (B5G) networks are expected to be the key enabler of various vertical industries such as eHealth, intelligent transportation,
and Industrial IoT verticals. To support that, B5G networks enable to sharing of common physical resources (radio, computation, network) among different tenants, thanks to network
slicing concept and network softwarization technologies, including Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV). Therefore, new research challenges related
to B5G networks have emerged, such as resources management and orchestration, service chaining, security, and QoS management. However, there is a lack of a realistic platform enabling
researchers to design and validate their solutions effectively, since B5G networks are still in their early stages. In this paper, we first discuss the different methods for deploying realistic
B5G platforms for the V2X vertical, including the key B5G technologies. Then, we describe DRIVE-B5G, a novel platform that serves as an end-to-end test-bed to emulate a vehicular
network environment, allowing researchers to provide proof of concept, validate, and evaluate their research approaches.