Automatic monitoring management for 5G mobile networks

5G mobile networks are pushing new dynamic and flexible scenarios that require the automation of the management processes performed by network administrators. To this end, Self-Organizing Networks (SON) arose with the goal of moving from traditional manual management processes towards an automatic and dynamic perspective. The orchestration of the monitoring services is an essential task to conduct self-configuration, self-healing, and self-optimization processes required by SONs. In this context, we propose a solution that efficiently orchestrates the monitoring services by managing the network resources automatically. In particular, we propose a 5G-oriented architecture that integrates the Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technologies to monitor and orchestrate the whole life-cycle of monitoring services considering information of the network control plane.