Set-top box virtualization as a personal cloud server for 5G users

In the immediate future, the new networking paradigms SDN, NFV and MEC, together with the incoming 5G mobile network generation, will allow users to receive very-interactive high-quality services from the Telco Operators, thanks to the characteristic of virtualizing network and application functions, and running them very close to the users. In this context, this paper proposes a prototype of a virtual Set-Top Box (STB), the virtualization of a smart device (SD) that is running on the edge of the network, and is able to follow the user when he is in mobility.