Deployment of Edge-Computing in 5G NFV Environment and Future Service-Based Architecture
Huazhang Lv, Dan Chen, Youxiang Wang · 2018
Edge Computing is a new network architecture and open platform that integrates network, computing, storage, and application core capabilities on the edge of the network, near people, objects or data sources. Edge computing changes the way of traditional centralized cloud computing to edge computing which moves computing and storage capabilities to the edge of the network, to near the user and terminal, and to provide smart services. In this paper, it provides the overall architecture combined 5G core network and China Unicom MEC platform. This is the first architecture that make a whole combination of all the network elements and also make a seamless fusion of 5G and MEC. In the future, the MEC part can be customized designed by China Unicom or third party and it may not influence the whole signaling process between MEC and 5G architecture. This architecture is also combined China Unicom present network situation and can be rapid implementation and deployment.