Operators 5G+MEC has a lot to offer

RED670 Compared with cloud computing, edge computing can better support mobile computing and Internet of Things applications, greatly alleviate the pressure of network bandwidth and data centers, enhance the real-time response, protect private data, and improve data security. A recent Micron/Forrester survey showed that in the next three years, 53% of people believe that complex data sets should be analyzed through edge computing processing.

Edge computing is widely used, especially for applications with low latency, high bandwidth, high reliability, and massive connections. In the Chinese market, there are broad opportunities in the field of 5G and the Internet of Things, and the gradual maturity of 5G+MEC technology makes operators have a lot to do.

RED670 According to the Edge Computing Industry Alliance ECC, there are currently more than 100 edge computing projects underway in 40 Chinese cities across various industries, including smart parks, smart manufacturing, augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR), cloud gaming, smart ports, smart mining and smart transportation.

For the application entry point of edge computing, Duan Xiaodong, director of the Institute of Network and IT Technology of China Mobile Research Institute, introduced that China Mobile focuses on 4+1 key scenes, focusing on promoting the four general vertical industry scenes of intelligent manufacturing, smart cities, live games and car networking, as well as the special scene of the park, and combining point and point to develop edge computing business.

RED670 China Mobile has launched a variety of edge computing applications in 10 provinces and 20 cities across the country. There are content caching /CDN(Shandong, Zhejiang, Hubei, Beijing), location application (Beijing, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Guangdong), local network/live streaming (Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi), cross-layer optimization (Zhejiang), etc.

RED670 Recently, Hebei Mobile’s first 5G edge computing smart construction site demonstration scene was put into use in the second section of Xiongan Station house project in Xiongan New Area of Xiongjing Intercity Railway. With the help of edge computing, the intelligent construction site system can also carry out visual coordination command anytime and anywhere through real-time monitoring.

China Unicom has also made breakthroughs in eight fields, including MEC smart port, smart medical treatment, smart manufacturing, new media, and smart transportation, successfully incubating end-to-end industry products and solutions.

Recently, China Unicom and South Korea KT, Telefonica, Telstra jointly carried out 5G MEC technology verification, this technical verification, operators will be user-created content data transmitted to the 5G edge cloud around the world, to achieve 5G MEC international linkage. In the future, we will further develop solutions for the worldwide linkage of artificial intelligence, vehicle networking, cloud games, smart factories and other technologies.

RED670 At present, China Telecom has carried out some MEC exploration, focusing on industrial Internet, high-definition video, car networking and other industries, providing edge CDN, storage, exclusive applications and other industry services, to create a win-win MEC edge ecology.

Edge computing is an indispensable technology in enterprise parks. China Telecom provides multi-network integration services for many parks based on edge computing, relying on 3,000 + edge computer rooms, 40,000 + comprehensive access office rooms, and 1000T+ Internet access bandwidth.

In Sany Heavy Industry, China Telecom has deployed 5G+MEC platform for SANY’s factory, 5G network provides AGV control and video transmission channel, MEC provides local computing power support for AGV video AI processing, and uses self-developed visual perception, deep learning and other algorithms on the MEC side for real-time calculation to form local factory big data. The intelligent analysis of factory operation scenario is realized.