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Edge computing was introduced as a technical enabler for the demanding requirements of new network technologies like 5G. It aims to overcome challenges related to centralized cloud computing environments by distributing computational…
The innovation provided by network virtualization in 5G, together with standardization and openness boosted by the Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Alliance, has paved the way to a collaborative future in cellular systems, driven by…
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The Open RAN API and interface standards facilitate the new ecosystems where distinct hardware and software components are brought together to build 5G systems. Key to this concept is the seamless and efficient integration and monetization…
Emerging compute continuum environments pose new challenges that traditional cloud-centric architectures struggle to address. Latency, bandwidth constraints, and the heterogeneity of edge environments hinder the efficiency of centralized…
Virtualizing the Radio-Access Network (RAN) is increasingly viewed as an enabler of affordable 5G expansion and a stepping-stone toward AI-native 6G. Most discussions, however, still approach spectrum policy, cloud engineering and…
The ever-increasing growth in the number of connected smart devices and various Internet of Things (IoT) verticals is leading to a crucial challenge of handling massive amount of raw data generated from distributed IoT systems and providing…
A fog computing based radio access network (F-RAN) is presented in this article as a promising paradigm for the fifth generation (5G) wireless communication system to provide high spectral and energy efficiency. The core idea is to take…
Radio access network (RAN) slicing realizes a vision where physical network resources that belong to a specific infrastructure provider can be shared among multiple mobile network operators (MNOs). Existing work in this area has addressed…
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Edge computing has become increasingly popular across many domains and enterprises. However, given the locality constraint of edges (i.e., only close-by edges are useful), multiplexing diverse workloads becomes challenging. This results in…
Edge computing facilitates low-latency services at the network's edge by distributing computation, communication, and storage resources within the geographic proximity of mobile and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. The recent advancement…
An Edge-Cloud Continuum integrates edge and cloud resources to provide a flexible and scalable infrastructure. This paradigm can minimize latency by processing data closer to the source at the edge while leveraging the vast computational…
Many cloud-based applications employ a data centre as a central server to process data that is generated by edge devices, such as smartphones, tablets and wearables. This model places ever increasing demands on communication and…
Edge computing allows for the decentralization of computing resources. This decentralization is achieved through implementing microservice architectures, which require low latencies to meet stringent service level agreements (SLA) such as…
Edge computing has evolved to be a promising avenue to enhance the system computing capability by offloading processing tasks from the cloud to edge devices. In this paper, we propose a multi-layer edge computing framework called EdgeFlow.…
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is a type of network architecture that provides cloud computing capabilities at the edge of the network. We consider the use case of video surveillance for an university campus running on a 5G-MEC…