VR is on the Edge
Simone Mangiante, Guenter Klas, Amit Navon, Zhuang GuanHua, Ran Ju, Marco Dias Silva · 2017
VR/AR is rapidly progressing towards enterprise and end customers with the promise of bringing immersive experience to numerous applications. Soon it will target smartphones from the cloud and 360° video delivery will need unprecedented requirements for ultra-low latency and ultra-high throughput to mobile networks. Latest developments in NFV and Mobile Edge Computing reveal already the potential to enable VR streaming in cellular networks and to pave the way towards 5G and next stages in VR technology.