M 2 EC: A multi-tenant resource orchestration in multi-access edge computing systems
Lanfranco Zanzi, Fabio Giust, Vincenzo Sciancalepore · 2018
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is envisioned as a key technology in the 5G landscape, able to bring computing capabilities to the edge of the network, closer to the end users. This would help to fulfill the next generation network requirements in terms of low latency and high bandwidth. ETSI has started specifying MEC as an operator-owned system to run third party's applications, which can leverage the benefits inherent to the MEC environment for added value services to the end users. In this paper we explore a novel paradigm for third parties to access the MEC system: renting part of MEC facilities leveraging on the network slicing paradigm to expand the business opportunities for both the system provider and the MEC tenants. We introduce the concept of MEC broker as an entity exposing administration and management capabilities while handling heterogeneous tenant privileges. Our concept is validated by developing an orchestration solution, namely M2EC, to optimally allocate requested resources in compliance with the tenants service level agreements.