5G and

Computing
beyond the Cloud
“5G cannot be deployed without new edge architectures. Meeting the performance goals
of 5G (higher bandwidth, lower latency) requires a fundamental change in the way
mobile networks are architected and deployed”
Future use cases lead to new demands. The question is not “if”,
but “when”..

Commercial in confidence 3
The term Cloud refers to a Network or Internet.

• Cloud Computing is a general term in which Services and Solutions are delivered and consumed in real time
over internet
• When you store your photo online using social media or mail, you are using cloud computing
• It offers online data storage, infrastructure and application.
• As more and more companies are moving their IT to the Cloud, system administrators are being asked not
just to perform tasks and manage resources differently, they're being asked to think differently.
• In addition, the platform provides on demand services, that are always on, anywhere, anytime and any
place.
• Pay for use and as needed, elastic
• scale up and down in capacity and functionalities
• On demand self service
• Ubiquitous network access :
Anywhere, Anytime, Any Device
• Location independent resource pooling
• Rapid Elasticity
• Pay as you go
Edge computing will bring seven unique benefits that a centralized data
center or centralized cloud cannot offer:

Latency Data Reduction

High Throughput

Compliance

Isolation
Security
Context Awareness
With Edge computing we can achieve more…
1. Lower latency for specific applications requiring this
2. Avoiding high demands on Transport
3. Supporting Private Networks for Enterprise use
4. Network Function Virtualisation
User driven applications Network Function Virtualisation
Consumer Applications Enterprise Applications NFV Core
• Games (such as “Pokemon • Corporate applications like SAP • User Control Plane
Go” next level) • Automotive - connected driving functions
• Augmented Reality applications • Augmented reality applications • Security gateways
such as City Guide and Face to assist workers
Recognition NFV RAN
• Wireless connectivity
• Drive assist glasses complementing WLAN and Wifi • Radio controllers
in manufacturing and logistics

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Operator Network for Connectivity and Distributed Computing
To accommodate emerging requirements we must place
computing power where we need it, from Core to Edge
At the Core
At the Edge At the POS (Technology Center)
LTC (Local Technology Center)

ETC (Edge Technology Center)

MEC (Multi-Access Edge Computing)

MCC,
MEC CLR Core Router
AR, VR MEC
DLS Router

POS Router

mPS Router
MTC
CSD Router
MEC
eMBB
LTC

Air interface Transport Max Latency

4G 15-20 ms Up to 60 ms 20-80 ms
4G practice
4G Short TTI 1-3 ms 5G general
<10 ms 10 ms
5G NR 1 ms requirement

5G NR 1 ms 3-4 ms 5 ms 5G in specific
5G NR 1 ms 0 ms 1 ms use-cases

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 Edge computing opportunities
App developers (e.g. from Manufacturing, Gaming, Video, AR/VR and Automotive industries) are asking for more
distribution of compute, storage, and memory, and expecting consistent application development environment.

CSPs are evolving existing distributed infrastructures to Distributed Clouds to support telco Hyperscale
workloads and enable 3rd party applications for new revenue generations. Cloud Providers
(HCPs) focus on
edge offerings,
currently lack
distributed edge
infrastructures

Public Cloud
Enterprise APP APP APP APP
VNF APP
APP
VNF VNF
Consumers

Access sites Regional sites National sites

Distributed Cloud
– Distributed Cloud provides execution environment for cloud application optimization
across multiple sites, including required connectivity in between, managed as one solution
and perceived as such by the applications.

Devices / Access sites Regional sites National sites Global sites

Local NW

Compute resources will be available along all sites

Distributing cloud capabilities to the edge and supporting applications in hybrid cloud environments
Edge accelerates application developments

Financial Public Energy & Media &

Manufacturing services transport utilities Automotive Public safety Healthcare Retail entertainment Agriculture Logistics

AR assisted factory Autonomous Connected

maintenance driving services 50% 75%
Today 2022
Peak data Safety and traffic New
Latency Density
rate efficiency innovations
services Video traffic in mobile networks

Up to 25% $5,6 trillion 60-80%

Cost reduction Global cost savings Traffic cached

Latency – Bandwidth – Security – QoS – Data Privacy & Compliance – Autonomy & Survivability

Source: Ericsson 5G business potential study

Edge applications stimulates new business models
1 2 3
CSPs and industries driving CSPs driving own CSPs leverage HCPs
application eco-system application eco-system application eco-systems
App Developer

APP APP App “front” App “back”

SDK SDK SDK

App App

App

On-prem
IoT edge App

Cross Operator Aggregation

platform

Edge Gravity
Application Run Time, Service Exposure, and
Orchestration Public
Local Cloud
breakout Distributed Cloud

Access site Regional site National site

Hyperscale Cloud Providers
Device/CPE Edge Communication Service Providers
(HCPs)
Dynamic workload placement Central site
marketplace
Service exposure
Edge site
Network Exposure Cognitive capabilities
Machine Machine
Machine learning and agents learning reasoning

Resource Orchestration
Service and Resource Orchestration
Placement

APP VNF VNF

UP VNF manager Edge APP
vRAN
Edge Application Platform
Edge virtualization infrastructure

AL
Co Ag Ag
Co
H
Ag
Local Regional LS
Ag
• Dynamic workload placement based on different
AL Co
constraints (Latency, cost, capacity, business intent)
Ag Ag • Cognitive capability with ML algoritm to provide asset
of solution graphs
H • Orchestrator automates placement on right DC site
(Edge/Central)
Roles of communication service providers (CSPs)
Edge computing value chain Examples of key service providers and buyers across the value chain

Edge applications Enterprises, software vendors, SI players

Telco Non-telco
Oculus SAP Toyota Boliden BMW Accenture

Edge application development platform Application platforms

Application Application Hyperscale Cloud Providers Industrial platforms SW vendor IoT platforms
definition services
Alibaba Cloud GE Predix Ayla Networks
AWS
Telco network edge aggregation Azure Google Siemens MindSphere ThingWorx
Multi-cloud brokering platform
Connectivity providers
Telco network edge/distributed cloud CSPs Carrier neutral providers
Workloads vEPC, vRAN
Aggregation & access APIs Crown Castle
Orchestration EdgeConneX
Management & automation Operator X
VM & container execution Operator 2 Vertical Bridge Packet
Infrastructure SDI Operator 1
Central HW Edge HW DartPoints
Edge computing in 5G
EC (Edge Computing) MEC (Mobile Edge Computing)
• Computing paradigm that pushes the frontier of computing • Network architecture concept that enables cloud computing
applications, data, and services away from centralized nodes capabilities and an IT service environment at the edge of the
to the logical extremes of a network. cellular network.
• The concept of Edge Cloud is used to denote computing • MEC technology is intended to be implemented at the
infrastructures close to the network edge that host EC cellular base stations (i.e. RAN)
applications.
• MEC allows cellular operators to open their radio access
• In mobile networks, traffic must be routed accordingly to and network (RAN) to authorized third-parties, such as
from ECs by means of Local Break Out (LBO) functionality. application developers and content providers, enabling
flexible and rapid deployment of new applications and
• EC is RAN agnostic services for customers.

EC app MEC app

EC app MEC app

LBO GW non-EC LBO GW
non-EC app UP UP non-MEC app non-MEC
UP UP
RAN CN app app
RAN CN
Mobile Edge Computing is
typically located at the access
point, one hop away from the
user.

Fog computing is a superset of

edge computing, and essentially
includes everything that is not a
cloud. A cloudified CPE is
included in the fog.

Cloud computing is available in

large centralized data centers.
These could be major public
clouds (AWS, Azure, Google),
public clouds offered by CSPs or
private clouds hosted by
enterprise IT.
3 Main Industry Organizations
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) Industry Specification Group (ISG) offers
application developers and content providers cloud-computing capabilities and an
IT service environment at the edge of the network. This environment is
characterized by ultra-low latency and high bandwidth as well as real-time access
to radio network information that can be leveraged by applications.

The OpenFog Consortium is a consortium of high tech industry companies and academic
institutions across the world aimed at the standardization and promotion of fog
computing in various capacities and fields. The consortium was founded by Cisco Systems,
Intel, Microsoft, Princeton University, Dell, and ARM Holdings in 2015. The Open Fog
consortium merged with the Industrial Internet Consortium on January 31, 2019

Open Edge Computing Initiative also aims to promote the adoption of edge computing
amongst application providers, telecoms and cloud service providers. It does so by
creating reference implementations, demos and a testing/trial center called the Living
Edge Lab located at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, USA.
 ETSI MEC PoCs
1. Paid video optimization:
2. Immersive video experience:
3. Radio-aware video optimization:
4. Flexible IP-based services:
5. Enterprise services:
6. Healthcare network access:
7. Multi-service MEC platform for advanced service delivery:
8. Video analytics:
9. Low-latency industrial IoT:
10. Service-aware bandwidth management: