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IEEE ComSoc workshop on Evolution of Data-centers in the context of 5G

WHY ?! Care about Edge Computing ?

Applications that require Autonomy

  • Completing tasks with little or no human interaction
    • Self Driving Cars
    • Industry 4.0
  • It’s pretty obvious that ingesting data to a distant cloud a realistic option

Applications that can’t tolerate Latency

  • Latency can be reason for failure
    • Health care
    • Financial transactions
  • It’s pretty obvious that ingesting data to a distant cloud isn’t a realistic option.

Applications that require significant Bandwidth

  • Generate significant amount of data
    • Smart Surveillance system
  • It’s pretty obvious that ingesting data to a distant cloud isn’t a realistic option.

What does market say ?

81%

  • Increase in revenue of edge computing by 2018 end 
  • North America (with 31 percent of revenue) and Europe (with 35 percent) will see the biggest jumps.

72%

  • The average anticipated annual revenue growth for IoT edge vendors by 2018 end

WHAT ?! Is Edge Computing ?

The Edge Computing

  • Edge computing is optimization of cloud, to move the compute close to the source of data, to the edge
  • Cloud
    • Central processing of summary data
    • Big data analysis, complex learning model
    • Central control
  • Edge
    • Real time data processing
    • Real time` control (M2M)
    • Local data filtering and caching
    • At source data visualization

The Edge Computing Characteristics

  • Geographically distributed
  • Scalable
  • Autonomous and distributed
  • Edge computing is contextual and low latency
  • Real-time interactions
  • Heterogeneous

Benefits of Edge Computing

Challenges of Edge Deployments Not simple !

Maintenance Criticality

  • Post deployment, Monitoring and Managing Edge Infrastructure becomes a nightmare as deployments are:
    • Complex
    • Open to environment
    • Remotely located
    • Price sensitive/no redundancy

Day-to-Day Edge Operational Challenges

Manageability Challenges

Management and Control Model 

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