UniNetProbe: A Comprehensive 5G Research Testbed Framework

A well-defined and well-designed experimentation process is crucial for meaningful research outcomes. This paper introduces a framework aimed at streamlining the experimentation process in networking testbeds, consisting of five key components: i) the experiment driver, containing available experiment tools, ii) the control tools to enhance capabilities and create complex scenarios, iii) the monitoring implementation, providing researchers with meaningful insights into gathered metrics, iv)the database component, which will be the main repository for storing experimental results and v) the analytics component, which could provide insights on patterns and hidden knowledge found in the extracted data, with the help of algorithms and artificial intelligence. The framework can be applied to various networking testbeds and is followed by descriptions of two Proof of Concepts (PoCs) demonstrating its implementation.