Toward Enabled Industrial Verticals in 5G: A Survey on MEC-Based Approaches to Provisioning and Flexibility Articles uri icon

authors

  • SPINELLI, FRANCESCO
  • MANCUSO, VINCENZO

publication date

  • April 2021

start page

  • 596

end page

  • 630

issue

  • 1

volume

  • 23

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1553-877X

abstract

  • The increasing number of heterogeneous devices connected to the Internet, together with tight 5G requirements have generated new challenges for designing network infrastructures. Industrial verticals such as automotive, smart city and eHealthcare (among others) need secure, low latency and reliable communications. To meet these stringent requirements, computing resources have to be moved closer to the user, from the core to the edge of the network. In this context, ETSI standardized Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC). However, due to the cost of resources, MEC provisioning has to be carefully designed and evaluated. This survey firstly overviews standards, with particular emphasis on 5G and virtualization of network functions, then it addresses flexibility of MEC smart resource deployment and its migration capabilities. This survey explores how the MEC is used and how it will enable industrial verticals.

subjects

  • Computer Science
  • Telecommunications

keywords

  • multi-access edge computing; etsi; resources migration; nfv; 5g; mec provisioning; industrial verticals; automotive; iot; smart city; video streaming; ar/vr applications; smart factory; ehealthcare