Multi-access Edge Computing: Software Development at the Network Edge (Textbooks in Telecommunication Engineering)

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction
	Outline of this Textbook
	Tips and Tricks: Didactical Features Included in this Book
About the Author
Part I Edge Computing Overview
1 Principles of Edge Computing, Fog and Cloud Computing
	1.1 Background on Cloud Computing
	1.2 From Remote Cloud to Edge Cloud
		1.2.1 Fog Computing
	1.3 Edge Computing and MEC
	References
2 MEC: Standards and Industry Associations Around Edge Computing
	2.1 MEC, Edge Computing, 5G and Verticals
	2.2 MEC Service Scenarios
	2.3 ETSI MEC Standard
	2.4 Standardization Landscape on Edge Computing
	2.5 Industry Groups on Edge Computing
		2.5.1 5GAA (5G Automotive Association)
		2.5.2 5G-ACIA (5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation)
		2.5.3 Wireless Broadband Alliance
	2.6 Other Fora and Projects
	2.7 Research Projects
	References
Part II Edge Computing Standards
3 MEC Standards on Edge Platforms
	3.1 The Central Role of MEC Host
	3.2 MEC Architecture
		3.2.1 MEC Applications and UE Applications
		3.2.2 MEC Platform and MEC Host
		3.2.3 MEC Orchestrator
	3.3 MEC Platform Application Enablement
		3.3.1 MEC App Assistance: MEC App Start-Up Procedure
		3.3.2 MEC App Assistance: MEC App Graceful Termination/Stop
		3.3.3 Service Availability Update and New Service Registration
		3.3.4 Service Availability Query
		3.3.5 Service Availability Notification
		3.3.6 Traffic Rule Activation/Deactivation/Update
		3.3.7 DNS Rule Activation/Deactivation
		3.3.8 Resource Structures
	3.4 ETSI MEC Standard: MEC Management
	References
4 MEC Standards on Edge Services
	4.1 Classification of MEC Services
	4.2 General Principles for MEC Service APIs
		4.2.1 Methods to Update a Resource
		4.2.2 Asynchronous Operations
	4.3 Remote MEC Service Consumption
		4.3.1 Alternative Transport Protocols in MEC
		4.3.2 Zenoh: An Alternative MEC Transport Protocol
	4.4 Overview of MEC APIs
		4.4.1 Radio Network Information API
		4.4.2 Location API
		4.4.3 UE Identity API
		4.4.4 Bandwidth Management API
		4.4.5 Multi-access Traffic Steering API
		4.4.6 WLAN Information API
		4.4.7 Fixed Access API
		4.4.8 V2X Api
	References
5 MEC Service APIs in Action
	5.1 Radio Network Information (RNI) API
		5.1.1 Resource URI Structure of RNI API
		5.1.2 Services Offered to RNI API Consumers
	5.2 Location API
		5.2.1 Resource URI Structure of Location API
		5.2.2 Services Offered to Location API Consumers
	5.3 Multi-access Traffic Steering (MTS) API
		5.3.1 Resource URI Structure of MTS API
		5.3.2 Services Offered to MTS API Consumers
	5.4 V2X Information Service API
		5.4.1 Resource URI Structure of V2X API
		5.4.2 Services Offered to V2X API Consumers
	References
Part III Edge Computing Deployments
6 MEC in Virtualized Environments
	6.1 Principles of Virtualization
	6.2 Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
	6.3 Open Source Frameworks on Cloud and NFV Technologies
	6.4 MEC in NFV Environments
		6.4.1 MEC, Virtual RAN, C-RAN, Open RAN
		6.4.2 Virtualization Aspects in MEC
	6.5 Cloud Native Computing
	References
7 Edge Computing in 5G Networks
	7.1 Overview of 5G Networks
		7.1.1 5G System Architecture
		7.1.2 5G Non-Standalone Deployments
		7.1.3 5G Standalone Deployments
		7.1.4 5G Deployment Phases
	7.2 Session and Service Continuity in 5G Systems
	7.3 Network Exposure Function in 5G Systems
	7.4 Initial Edge Computing Support in 5G Systems
		7.4.1 3GPP SA2 Edge Computing Support in Rel.15/16
	7.5 Further Edge Computing Support in 5G Rel.17 Systems
		7.5.1 SA6
		7.5.2 SA5: Management Aspects of Edge Computing
	7.6 MEC Synergized Architecture
	7.7 MEC 5G Integration
	7.8 MEC Support for Network Slicing and Verticals
	References
8 MEC Federation and Mobility Aspects
	8.1 Background of MEC Federation
	8.2 GSMA Requirements on MEC Federation
	8.3 MEC Federation in ETSI
	8.4 Edge Resources Exposure: A Case Study
		8.4.1 Application Offloading Use Case in MEC
	8.5 MEC Mobility Aspects
		8.5.1 Example of MEC Application and E2E Mobility
	References
Part IV Edge Computing Software Development
9 Software Development for Edge Computing
	9.1 MEC: The Application Developer Perspective
		9.1.1 Phase 1: MEC Application Packaging and On-Boarding
		9.1.2 Phase 2: MEC Application Instantiation and Communications
		9.1.3 Phase 3: Usage of the MEC Platform and Services
	9.2 Open Network System Services Software (OpenNESS) Toolkit
		9.2.1 OpenNESS System Architecture
		9.2.2 OpenNESS APIs
		9.2.3 Example OpenNESS Application
	9.3 The OpenNESS4J Library
		9.3.1 Edge Application Authenticator
		9.3.2 Edge Application Connector
		9.3.3 Edge Application Notification Manager
	9.4 MEC and Open Source
		9.4.1 Akraino API Portal
		9.4.2 ETSI MEC DECODE WG and Akraino
	9.5 ServerlessOnEdge
	9.6 Open Edge Computing—Toward Globally Consistent Edge Services
		9.6.1 Open Edge Computing Vision
		9.6.2 Open Edge Computing Initiative (OEC)
		9.6.3 Edge Software Development—Challenges, Projects and Outlook
	References
10 MEC in Action: Performance, Testing and Ecosystem Activities
	10.1 Performance Assessment, Metrics, Best Practices and Guidelines
		10.1.1 MEC Metrics
		10.1.2 Performance Assessment of MEC
	10.2 Measurement Methodology and Examples
		10.2.1 Evaluation of Latency
		10.2.2 Evaluation of Energy Efficiency (EE)
	10.3 MEC Testing
	10.4 OpenAPI Representations of MEC Services APIs
	10.5 MEC Sandbox
		10.5.1 Sandbox Access and Configuration
		10.5.2 Sandbox MEC Service API Interaction
	10.6 MEC Ecosystem: Proof-of-Concepts, Trials, Hackathons
		10.6.1 MEC PoCs (Proof-of-Concepts)
		10.6.2 Trials and Plugtests™
		10.6.3 MEC Hackathons
	References
Annex A MEC Terminology (Phase 1 and Phase 2)
Annex B Functional Blocks and Reference Points in the MEC System
Annex C MEC Software Resources
	C.1—Location API Simulator
Annex D All Quiz Results
Annex E Acknowledgements