Multi-Access Edge Computing in Action

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THE MEC MARKET

The Vendor’s Perspective

In this chapter, we will focus on the market perspective for the multi-access edge computing (MEC) vendors. From the hardware infrastructure providers to the software and application developers, there is a big number of potential players that can leverage this growing market. We will identify the players and discuss what are the opportunities and challenges associated with each element of the MEC architecture.

6.1 MEC Opportunity for Vendors

As we have seen since the beginning of this book, MEC provides cloud computing capabilities at the edge of the network, opening up an environment for application developers and content providers to build new low-latency applications or enhance existing ones ...