5G MEC边缘云组网研究与业务使能

Research and Business Enablement of 5G MEC Edge Cloud Networking

MEC边缘云在5G时代将扮演重要的角色,作为5G网络架构中重要的一环,不仅提供用于5G虚拟化网元边缘部署的下沉云资源,同时能够通过能力开放平台,为第三方应用提供各类平台能力,使能创新业务,提升用户体验。运营商根据5G组网的架构,考虑MEC边缘云的组网方式,包括NSA和SA 2类。介绍了5G NSA MEC边缘云和5G SA MEC边缘云的组网架构及演进模式,分析了影响运营商建设MEC边缘云的几类因素,并给出理想的MEC边缘云平台架构组成。最后列出了5G时代运营商在MEC边缘云的几种可能的应用场景。

MEC Edge Cloud will play an important role in 5G era.As an important part of 5G network architecture,it will not only provide sunken cloud resources for the edge deployment of 5G virtualization network elements,but also provide various platform capabilities for third-party applications through open platform capabilities,enabling innovative businesses to improve user experience.According to the 5G networking architecture,operators should consider the networking mode of MEC edge cloud,including NSA and SA.It introduces the networking architecture and evolution mode of 5G NSA MEC edge cloud and 5G SA MEC edge cloud,analyzes several factors affecting the construction of MEC edge cloud by operators,and gives the ideal architecture composition of MEC edge cloud platform.At last,several possible application scenarios of MEC edge cloud in 5G era are listed.