ZTE Communications ›› 2017, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (2): 19-25.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2017.02.003
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LI Bing, ZHANG Yunyong, XU Lei
Received:2017-01-24
Online:2017-04-25
Published:2019-12-24
About author:LI Bing (lib78@chinaunicom.cn) received her Ph.D. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. She is now an engineer at the China Unicom Research Institute with specialist research in cloud computing, container, the future network and computer system structure. She received the Outstanding Student Award from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.|ZHANG Yunyong (zhangyy@chinaunicom.cn) graduated from the postdoctoral program of University of Electronic Science and Technology, China. He is the head of the China Unicom Research Institute and the director of the Technical Committee of the Institute. His research interests include next-generation open networks, fixed mobile convergence core network, mobile Internet and services, and public computing. He won the MIIT Excellent ITU Contribution Award twice, Outstanding Individual Award twice, one international award, and 15 provincial and ministerial awards.|XU Lei (xulei56@chinaunicom.cn) received his Ph.D. from Beijing Institute of Technology, China. He is now a senior engineer and the cloud management research group leader with the China Unicom Research Institute. His research interests include cloud computing, SDN/NFV, and the future network. He won the Top-Notch Talent Award from the China Unicom Research Institute.
LI Bing, ZHANG Yunyong, XU Lei. An MEC and NFV Integrated Network Architecture[J]. ZTE Communications, 2017, 15(2): 19-25.
Figure 1. The location of MEC in 5G scenarios.
Figure 2. MEC network architecture solution 1: MEC deployed on the base station [13].
Figure 3. MEC network architecture solution 2: MEC deployed on the aggregation point [13].
Figure 4. MEC system architecture.
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| GS MEC 002 | MEC, technical requirements |
| GS MEC 003 | MEC, framework and reference architecture |
| GS MEC 001 | MEC, terminology |
| GS MEC-IEG 004 | MEC, service scenarios |
| GS MEC-IEG 005 | MEC, proof of concept framework |
Table 1 MEC standards released by ESTI Industry Specifications Group (ISG) [15]
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| GS MEC 002 | MEC, technical requirements |
| GS MEC 003 | MEC, framework and reference architecture |
| GS MEC 001 | MEC, terminology |
| GS MEC-IEG 004 | MEC, service scenarios |
| GS MEC-IEG 005 | MEC, proof of concept framework |
| Application case | Participants |
|---|---|
| Video user experience optimization | Intel, China Mobile, iQIYI |
| Edge video orchestration and video clip playback | Nokia, EE (a British telecom operator), Smart Mobile Labs |
| Radio aware video optimization in a fully virtualized network | Telecom Italia, Intel UK, Eurecom, Politecnico di Torino |
| Video analytics | Nokia, Vodafone Hutchison Australia, SeeTec |
| FLIPS-IP-based flexible service | InterDigital Communications, UK “Bristol Is Open”, Intracom (Greece), CVTC, Essex University (UK) |
| Enterprise services | Saguna, Adva Optical Network (Germany), Bezeq International (Israel) |
| Healthcare—dynamic hospital user, IoT and alert status management | Quortus Ltd.(UK ), Argela (Turkey), Turk Telekom |
| Multiservice MEC platform for advanced service delivery | Brocade, Gigaspaces, Advantech, Saguna, Vasona, Vodafone |
Table 2 MEC POC projects completed by ETSI [17]
| Application case | Participants |
|---|---|
| Video user experience optimization | Intel, China Mobile, iQIYI |
| Edge video orchestration and video clip playback | Nokia, EE (a British telecom operator), Smart Mobile Labs |
| Radio aware video optimization in a fully virtualized network | Telecom Italia, Intel UK, Eurecom, Politecnico di Torino |
| Video analytics | Nokia, Vodafone Hutchison Australia, SeeTec |
| FLIPS-IP-based flexible service | InterDigital Communications, UK “Bristol Is Open”, Intracom (Greece), CVTC, Essex University (UK) |
| Enterprise services | Saguna, Adva Optical Network (Germany), Bezeq International (Israel) |
| Healthcare—dynamic hospital user, IoT and alert status management | Quortus Ltd.(UK ), Argela (Turkey), Turk Telekom |
| Multiservice MEC platform for advanced service delivery | Brocade, Gigaspaces, Advantech, Saguna, Vasona, Vodafone |
Figure 5. NFV architecture [19].
Figure 6. MEC/NFV architecture.
Figure 7. Mobile high-definition video experience optimization.
Figure 8. Local content cache network architecture.
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