Toward Edge Intelligence: Multiaccess Edge Computing for 5G and Internet of Things

To satisfy the increasing demand of mobile data traffic and meet the stringent requirements of the emerging Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications such as smart city, healthcare, and augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR), the fifth-generation (5G) enabling technologies are proposed and utilized in networks. As an emerging key technology of 5G and a key enabler of IoT, multiaccess edge computing (MEC), which integrates telecommunication and IT services, offers cloud computing capabilities at the edge of the radio access network (RAN). By providing computational and storage resources at the edge, MEC can reduce latency for end users. Hence, this article investigates MEC for 5G and IoT comprehensively. It analyzes the…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 61901052
• BK
  Beijing Key Laboratory of Network System Architecture and Convergence

  Award: 2017BKL-NSAC-ZJ-02
• HE
  Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project