attached you have my literature sources. These illustrate some use cases of SDN in 5G mobile networks.
Best regards
Anatol Badach
Junyu Lai, et al.: "Software-defined cellular networking: A practical path towards 5G", International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems; Vol. 14(1), Jan 2015, DOI 10.1504/IJCNDS.2015.066019
Ian F. Akyildiz, Pu Wang, Shih-Chun Lin: „SoftAir: A software defined networking architecture for 5G wireless systems“; Computer Networks, Vol. 85, Jul 2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2015.05.007
Ricard Vilalta, et al.: „SDN/NFV orchestration of multi-technology and multi-domain networks in cloud/fog architectures for 5G services“; 21st OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) held jointly with 2016 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (PS), Jul 2016
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7718525
5G PPP Software Networks WG: Vision on Software Networks and 5G; White Paper, Jan 2017
Pedro Neves, et al.: „Future mode of operations for 5G – The SELFNET approach enabled by SDN/NFV“; Computer Standards & Interfaces, Vol. 54(4), Nov 2017; DOI: 10.1016/j.csi.2016.12.008
Luis Tello-Oquendo, Ian Akyildiz, Shih-Chun Lin, Vicent Pla: „SDN-Based Architecture for Providing Reliable Internet of Things Connectivity in 5G Systems“; Jul 2018, HAL Id: hal-01832537
https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01832537
Lu Ma, et al.: „An SDN/NFV Based Framework for Management and Deployment of Service Based 5G Core Network“; China Communications, Vol. 15(10), Oct. 2018; DOI: 10.1109/CC.2018.8485472
in my previous answer, I forgot to mention the concept of Network Slicing. With the help of Network Slicing, private, virtual 5G networks can be set up. SDN plays the fundamental role. I have added some literature sources about Network Slicing.
Best regards
Anatol Badach
NGMN Alliance: "Description of Network Slicing Concept", Version 1.0, Jan 2016
ETSI GR NFV-EVE 012, V3.1.1: „Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Release 3; Evolution and Ecosystem; Report on Network Slicing Support with ETSI NFV Architecture Framework“; Dec 2017