[Edge-computing] Classifying edge-site scenarios / Identifying expected features

Ajay Simha asimha at redhat.com
Thu Jan 11 00:10:07 UTC 2018


In addition to cell sites and V/CRAN aggregation Control and Data Plane seperation efforts in 5G may result in keeping control plane elements anchored at a central or regional core and only have data plane SDN switches or something light on the edge. 

Ajay

> On Jan 9, 2018, at 1:48 PM, Pasi Vaananen <pvaanane at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> We should probably focus more on defining the connectivity
> characteristics between the associated entities between the edge
> entities to make progress here. We could start discussion of the network
> connectivity at high level as "black box" representation of the network
> focusing on the latency, bandwith, drop rates, attachment redundancy,
> maximum un-availability etc. characteristics in the context of various
> specific use cases and/or connectivity constraints. These parameters can
> vary widely depending on the specific deployment scenarios.
> 
> It is also possible to have connectivity from the e.g. "thick" vCPE edge
> instance located in customer customer premises that has heterogenous
> connectivity - to use the "LTE" example below, you can have a box that
> has a single wired (say ethernet) connectivity that is used normally,
> and wireless LTE connectivity that is used when the main connection
> fails, but has dissimilar bandwith, latency etc. characteristics.
> 
> Also, top level separation should perhaps be at higher level constructs
> at this early stage, e.g. "mobile" 4G/LTE...5G/eMBB/URULL/...,
> "wireless" (802 stuff), "satellite", "wireline" (ptp fiber, xPON, Cable,
> xDSL/g.fast, ...) rather than getting to technology specifics
> (characteristics of connectivity vary a lot depending on the tech.).
> 
> So far it seems to me that there is not yet sufficient focus on the
> cases for "edge" locations that are within the network, such as cell
> sites, V/CRAN aggregation sites, COs, metro locations etc. - esp. 5G
> vRAN edge has already three tiers of sites on many plans (i.e. radio
> sites, distributed aggregation sites w/ low-latency connections to radio
> sites and central sites, which all should be in the scope of the "edge").
> 
> Pasi 
> 
> 
> On 01/05/2018 06:53 PM, lebre.adrien at free.fr wrote:
>> Hi, 
>> 
>> Following the LTE discussion, I'm wondering whether we should not try to classify the edge-site scenarios by level of the complexity (i.e., features/capabilities each scenario implies/requires).
>> 
>> A possible classification can start with: 
>> a) An edge infrastructure composed of several edge sites operated by a same organisation with WAN wired connections. 
>> b) The same infrastructure but with LTE connections
>> c) Scenario a) but where the edge infrastructure is spread over several edge sites belonging to different organisations/operators
>> d) scenario c) but with LTE
>> e) ..
>> 
>> In parallel, we can try to identify w.r.t these scenarios what are the expected features/services from the administrator viewpoint and then from the developers viewpoint.
>> 
>> I have the feeling that we all have relevant scenarios with specifics according to our targets. Having a classification can allow us to move forward by just focusing on classes instead of each particular scenario independently. 
>> 
>> My two cents, 
>> ad_ri3n_
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