Multi-Access Edge Computing in Action
This book provides a complete and strategic overview of Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC). It covers network and technology aspects, describes the market scenarios from the different stakeholders' point of view, and analyzes deployment aspects and actions to engage the ecosystem. MEC exists in...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton :
CRC Press LLC
2019.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009784624806719 |
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- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; AUTHORS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1 MEC AND THE NETWORK; CHAPTER 1 FROM CLOUD COMPUTING TO MULTI -ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING; 1.1 To Edge or Not to Edge; 1.2 The Cloud Part of MEC; 1.3 The Edge Part of MEC; 1.4 The Access Part of MEC; 1.4.1 Real-Time Data Processing; 1.4.2 SLAs and Regulatory Requirements and Critical Infrastructure; 1.4.3 Network Function Virtualization; 1.4.4 Not Your Brother's IT Cloud; 1.5 Who Needs Standards Anyway?; 1.6 All We Need Is Open Source?; 1.7 Looking Ahead ... in More Ways than One; Notes
- CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCING MEC : EDGE COMPUTING IN THE NETWORK2.1 The ME Host: Where the Magic Happens; 2.2 The Magician's Toolbox: MEC Management; 2.3 ETSI MEC and ETSI NFV; 2.4 MEC Use Cases and Service Scenarios; 2.4.1 Intelligent Video Acceleration; 2.4.2 Video Stream Analysis; 2.4.3 Augmented Reality; 2.4.4 Assistance for Intensive Computation; 2.4.5 MEC in the Enterprise Setting; 2.4.6 Connected Vehicles; 2.4.7 IoT Gateway; 2.4.7.1 Public Edge Clouds; 2.4.7.2 Support of Operator Services; CHAPTER 3 THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF MEC; 3.1 The Infrastructure Dimension
- 3.1.1 Enabling MEC in 4G Networks3.1.1.1 Bump in the Wire; 3.1.1.2 Distributed SGW with Local Breakout; 3.1.1.3 Distributed S/PGW; 3.1.1.4 Distributed ePC; 3.1.2 MEC in 5G Networks; 3.2 The Operations Dimension; 3.3 The Commercial Dimension; CHAPTER 4 MEC AND THE PATH TOWARD 5G; 4.1 Network Evolution toward 5G; 4.1.1 Network Performance Drivers for 5G Systems; 4.1.2 The Importance of New Devices for 5G Systems; 4.1.3 Spectrum Evolutions toward 5G Systems; 4.2 The Need for the "Edge"; 4.2.1 Key Drivers for MEC in 5G; 4.3 Exemplary Use Cases for MEC; 4.3.1 Consumer-Oriented Services
- 4.3.2 Operator and Third-Party Services4.3.3 Network Performance and QoE Improvements; 4.4 Edge Computing: 5G Standards and Industry Groups; 4.4.1 3GPP Standardization Status; 4.4.2 Industry Groups; 4.4.3 The Role of ETSI MEC in 5G; 4.5 MEC and Network Slicing; Annex 4.A
- IMT2020 Systems: Minimum Technical Performance Requirements [51]; Notes; PART 2 MEC AND THE MARKET SCENARIOS; CHAPTER 5 THE MEC MARKET: THE OPERATOR'S PERSPECTIVE; 5.1 What Does MEC Mean to Operators?; 5.2 Benefits of MEC; 5.3 Igniting an Industry; 5.4 Enabling Greater Value; 5.5 Business Benefits
- 5.6 Finding the Network Edge5.7 The Theory Competition; 5.8 Deep Dive on Disaggregation; Notes; CHAPTER 6 THE MEC MARKET: THE VENDOR'S PERSPECTIVE; 6.1 MEC Opportunity for Vendors; 6.2 Who Are the Potential MEC Vendors?; 6.3 Revenue and Cost Benefits of MEC; 6.4 What Are the Main Challenges for Vendors?; 6.4.1 Building Decentralized Data Centers at the Edge of the Mobile Network; 6.4.2 Protecting and Securing MEC; 6.4.2.1 Compromised Protocols; 6.4.2.2 Man-in-the-Middle Attacks; 6.4.2.3 Loss of Policy Enforcement; 6.4.2.4 Loss of Data; 6.4.3 Developing a Cooperative and Healthy Ecosystem
