Dario Sabella - Multi-Access Edge Computing in Action

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I have contributed to the telecommunications industry standards for over 16years, largely in 3GPP and ETSI, and to a lesser extent or indirectly in IETF, BBF, and in industry bodies such as NGMN and GSMA.

The authors and I first collaborated over 5years ago at the very inception of the ETSI Industry Standardisation Group for Mobile Edge Computing, the first standards development body to produce interoperable standards and APIs for what later became multi-access edge computing (MEC) and which is still the leading body in that field. Most of us have held office in that organization. We have all contributed to its technical, marketing, or outreach publications in all that time, and continue to do so.

In its founding white paper, the ISG recognized that a new ecosystem was needed in order to serve perceived new markets that required very low communication latency or provision of content very close to its end consumer. That meant decentralizing cloud-based compute workloads and MEC was born. Communication service providers, infrastructure vendors, platform vendors, application developers, etc., all came together to produce interoperable solutions for a number of different deployment options and to raise awareness of the valuable new consumer and enterprise markets that only MEC could serve.

Five years on, much of that vision has become or is nearing reality. MEC trials are commonplace and commercial offerings exist. MEC is included in proposed solutions for 5G, factory automation, smart cities, and intelligent transport system use cases, to name just a few. Other standardization bodies and forums such as 3GPP, OpenFog Consortium, and the Open Edge Computing initiative are broadening the MEC footprint to such an extent that it has become mainstream.

This book provides the readers with a unique opportunity to learn about and assimilate the technical, deployment, market, ecosystem, and industry aspects of MEC, all in one place. Its authors are leaders in the field, and they have made key contributions in all of those areas through further specific ETSI White Papers and presentations at numerous industry-wide events.

Dr Adrian Neal

Senior Manager, Industry Standards

Vodafone Group Services Ltd.

We would like to warmly thank all colleagues and collaborators who are working with us in the area of edge computing and multi-access edge computing (MEC) standards, as in some cases the ideas expressed in this book are also a result of a collaborative effort with them. Our knowledge and expertise on this technology took advantage from the huge networking and tremendous interest of companies in this area, starting from operators, technology providers, system integrators, but also smaller companies and start-ups. The interest of the industry in edge computing is continuously increasing, so our perception of the ecosystem is taking benefit from the numerous feedback received from the various stakeholders.

On the private sphere, we would also like to thank our wives and families for their patience and support, since the writing of this book subtracted time to our family duties. So, we hope our efforts were worthwhile, and we would like to thank in advance the readers for their interest in this book.

Dario Sabella is working with INTEL as Senior Manager Standards and Research, acting also as company delegate of the 5GAA (5G Automotive Association). In his role within the Next Generation Standards division, Dario is driving new technologies and edge cloud innovation for the new communication systems, involved in ecosystem engagement and coordinating internal alignment on edge computing across SDOs and industry groups, in support of internal and external stakeholders/customers. In 2019, he has been appointed as ETSI MEC Vice-Chairman. Previously, he was serving as multi-access edge computing (MEC) Secretary and Lead of Industry Groups, and from 2015 as Vice-Chairman of ETSI MEC (Mobile Edge Computing) IEG. Prior to February 2017, he worked in TIM (Telecom Italia group), in the Wireless Access Innovation division, as responsible in various TIM research, experimental and operational activities on OFDMA technologies (WiMAX, LTE, 5G), cloud technologies (MEC), and energy efficiency (for energy saving in TIMs mobile network). From 2006, he was involved in many international projects and technological trials with TIMs subsidiary companies (ETECSA Cuba, TIM Brasil, Telecom Argentina). Since joining TIM in 2001, he has been involved in a wide range of internal and external projects (including FP7 and H2020EU funded projects), often with leadership roles. Author of several publications (40+) and patents (20+) in the field of wireless communications, radio resource management, energy efficiency, and edge computing, Dario has also organized several international workshops and conferences.

Alex Reznik is a Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Distinguished Technologist, currently driving technical customer engagement on HPEs Telco strategic account team. In this role, he is involved in various aspects of helping a Tier 1 Telco evolve towards a flexible infrastructure capable of delivering on the full promises of 5G. Since March 2017, Alex also serves as Chair of ETSIs multi-access edge computing (MEC) ISG the leading international standards group focused on enabling edge computing in access networks.