A Novel Orchestrator Architecture for Deploying Virtualized Services in Next-Generation IoT Computing Ecosystems

Mahedero Biot, Francisco; Fornes-Leal, Alejandro; Vaño, Rafael; Reinosa Simón, Raúl; Lacalle, Ignacio; Guardiola, Carlos; Palau, Carlos E.

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A Novel Orchestrator Architecture for Deploying Virtualized Services in Next-Generation IoT Computing Ecosystems

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Francisco Mahedero Biot

¹,

Alejandro Fornes-Leal

^1,*

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Rafael Vaño

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Raúl Reinosa Simón

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Ignacio Lacalle

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Carlos Guardiola

² and

Carlos E. Palau

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Communications Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain

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Thermal Engines Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain

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Sensors 2025, 25(3), 718; https://doi.org/10.3390/s25030718

Submission received: 7 October 2024 / Revised: 20 December 2024 / Accepted: 22 January 2025 / Published: 24 January 2025

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cloud and Edge Computing for IoT Applications)

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The Next-Generation IoT integrates diverse technological enablers, allowing the creation of advanced systems with increasingly complex requirements and maximizing the use of available IoT–edge–cloud resources. This paper introduces an orchestrator architecture for dynamic IoT scenarios, inspired by ETSI NFV MANO and Cloud Native principles, where distributed computing nodes often have unfixed and changing networking configurations. Unlike traditional approaches, this architecture also focuses on managing services across massively distributed mobile nodes, as demonstrated in the automotive use case presented. Apart from working as MANO framework, the proposed solution efficiently handles service lifecycle management in large fleets of vehicles without relying on public or static IP addresses for connectivity. Its modular, microservices-based approach ensures adaptability to emerging trends like Edge Native, WebAssembly and RISC-V, positioning it as a forward-looking innovation for IoT ecosystems.

Keywords: service orchestration; Cloud Native; edge–cloud continuum; Internet of Things

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Mahedero Biot, F.; Fornes-Leal, A.; Vaño, R.; Reinosa Simón, R.; Lacalle, I.; Guardiola, C.; Palau, C.E. A Novel Orchestrator Architecture for Deploying Virtualized Services in Next-Generation IoT Computing Ecosystems. Sensors 2025, 25, 718. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25030718

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Mahedero Biot F, Fornes-Leal A, Vaño R, Reinosa Simón R, Lacalle I, Guardiola C, Palau CE. A Novel Orchestrator Architecture for Deploying Virtualized Services in Next-Generation IoT Computing Ecosystems. Sensors. 2025; 25(3):718. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25030718

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Mahedero Biot, Francisco, Alejandro Fornes-Leal, Rafael Vaño, Raúl Reinosa Simón, Ignacio Lacalle, Carlos Guardiola, and Carlos E. Palau. 2025. "A Novel Orchestrator Architecture for Deploying Virtualized Services in Next-Generation IoT Computing Ecosystems" Sensors 25, no. 3: 718. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25030718

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Mahedero Biot, F., Fornes-Leal, A., Vaño, R., Reinosa Simón, R., Lacalle, I., Guardiola, C., & Palau, C. E. (2025). A Novel Orchestrator Architecture for Deploying Virtualized Services in Next-Generation IoT Computing Ecosystems. Sensors, 25(3), 718. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25030718

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