ETSI GS MEC 002 V3.2.1 (2024-02)

Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC); Use Cases and Requirements

RGS/MEC-0002v321TechReq

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• Status: Not Published
• Technical Committee: MEC - Multi-access Edge Computing
• Current Stage: 12 - Citation in the OJ (auto-insert)
• Due Date: 17-Mar-2024
• Completion Date: 23-Feb-2024

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GROUP SPECIFICATION
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC);
Use Cases and Requirements
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The present document has been produced and approved by the Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) ETSI Industry
Specification Group (ISG) and represents the views of those members who participated in this ISG.
It does not necessarily represent the views of the entire ETSI membership.

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RGS/MEC-0002v321TechReq
Keywords
MEC, requirements, use case
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 8
Foreword . 8
Modal verbs terminology . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 References . 9
2.1 Normative references . 9
2.2 Informative references . 9
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Terms . 11
3.2 Symbols . 11
3.3 Abbreviations . 11
4 Generic principles . 12
4.1 Introduction . 12
4.2 NFV alignment . 12
4.3 Mobility support . 12
4.4 Deployment independence . 13
4.5 Simple and controllable APIs . 13
4.6 Smart application location . 13
4.7 Application mobility to/from an external system . 14
4.8 Representation of features . 14
4.9 Inter-MEC system communication . 14
5 Generic requirements . 15
5.1 Requirements on the framework . 15
5.2 Application lifecycle . 15
5.3 Applications environment . 16
5.4 Support of mobility . 16
6 Services requirements. 17
6.1 General . 17
6.2 Platform essential functionality . 17
6.2.1 MEC services . 17
6.2.2 Connectivity . 18
6.2.3 Storage . 18
6.2.4 Traffic routing . 18
6.2.5 DNS support . 19
6.2.6 Timing . 19
6.3 Features . 19
6.3.1 Feature UserApps . 19
6.3.2 Feature SmartRelocation . 20
6.3.3 Feature RadioNetworkInformation . 20
6.3.4 Feature LocationService . 21
6.3.5 Feature BandwidthManager. 21
6.3.6 Feature UEIdentity . 22
6.3.7 Feature WLANInformation . 22
6.3.8 Feature V2XService . 22
6.3.9 Feature 5GCoreConnect . 23
6.3.10 Feature MultiaccessTrafficSteering . 23
6.3.11 Feature CustomerPremiseEdge . 23
6.3.12 Feature MECFederation . 24
6.3.13 Feature HTC service . 25
7 Operation and management requirements . 25
8 Security, regulation and charging requirements . 25
8.1 Security . 25
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8.2 Regulation . 25
8.3 Charging . 26
Annex A (informative): Use cases . 27
A.0 Labelling of related requirements . 27
A.1 Use case categorization . 27
A.2 Mobile video delivery optimization using throughput guidance for TCP and other transport
protocols . 28
A.2.1 Description . 28
A.2.2 Use of MEC . 29
A.2.2.1 Throughput Guidance radio analytics application . 29
A.2.2.2 Transport layer congestion control assisted by MEC services . 29
A.2.3 Related requirements . 31
A.3 Local content caching at the mobile edge . 31
A.3.1 Description . 31
A.3.2 Use of MEC . 32
A.3.3 Related requirements . 32
A.4 Security, safety, data analytics . 32
A.4.1 Description . 32
A.4.2 Use of MEC . 33
A.4.3 Related requirements . 33
A.5 Augmented reality, assisted reality, virtual reality, cognitive assistance . 33
A.5.1 Description . 33
A.5.2 Use of MEC . 34
A.5.3 Related requirements . 34
A.6 Gaming and low latency cloud applications . 35
A.6.1 Description . 35
A.6.2 Use of MEC . 36
A.6.3 Related requirements . 36
A.7 Active device location tracking . 36
A.7.1 Description . 36
A.7.2 Use of MEC . 37
A.7.3 Related requirements . 37
A.8 Application portability . 37
A.8.1 Description . 37
A.8.2 Use of MEC . 37
A.8.3 Related requirements . 37
A.9 SLA management . 37
A.9.1 Description . 37
A.9.2 Related requirements . 38
A.10 MEC edge video orchestration . 38
A.10.1 Description . 38
A.10.2 Use of MEC . 38
A.10.3 Related requirements . 38
A.11 Mobile backhaul optimization . 39
A.11.1 Description . 39
A.11.2 Use of MEC . 39
A.11.3 Related requirements . 39
A.12 Direct interaction with MEC application . 39
A.12.1 Description . 39
A.12.2 Use of MEC . 40
A.12.3 Related requirements . 40
A.13 Traffic deduplication . 41
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A.13.1 Description . 41
A.13.2 Use of MEC . 41
A.13.3 Related requirements . 41
A.14 Vehicle-to-infrastructure communication . 41
A.14.1 Description . 41
A.14.2 Use of MEC . 42
A.14.3 Related requirements . 42
A.15 Location-based service recommendation . 43
A.15.1 Description . 43
A.15.2 Use of MEC . 43
A.15.3 Related requirements . 43
A.16 Bandwidth allocation manager for applications . 43
A.16.1 Description . 43
A.16.2 Use of MEC . 44
A.16.3 Related requirements . 44
A.17 MEC platform consuming information from operator trusted MEC application . 44
A.17.1 Description . 44
A.17.2 Use of MEC . 45
A.17.3 Related requirements . 45
A.18 Video caching, compression and analytics service chaining . 45
A.18.1 Description . 45
A.18.2 Use of MEC . 46
A.18.3 Related requirements . 46
A.19 Radio access bearer monitoring . 46
A.19.1 Description . 46
A.19.2 Use of MEC . 47
A.19.3 Related requirements . 47
A.20 MEC host deployment in dense-network environment . 47
A.20.1 Description . 47
A.20.2 Use of MEC . 47
A.20.3 Related requirements . 47
A.21 Radio network information generation in aggregation point . 48
A.21.1 Description . 48
A.21.2 Use of MEC . 48
A.21.3 Related requirements . 48
A.22 Unified enterprise communications . 48
A.22.1 Description . 48
A.22.2 Use of MEC . 49
A.22.3 Related requirements . 50
A.23 Application computation off-loading . 50
A.23.1 Description . 50
A.23.2 Value proposition . 50
A.23.3 Use of MEC . 51
A.23.4 Related requirements . 51
A.24 Optimizing QoE and resource utilization in multi-access network . 51
A.24.1 Description . 51
A.24.2 Use of MEC . 52
A.24.3 Related requirements . 52
A.25 Camera as a service . 53
A.25.1 Description . 53
A.25.2 Use of MEC . 54
A.25.3 Related requirements . 54
A.26 Video production and delivery in a stadium environment . 54
A.26.1 Description . 54
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A.26.2 Use of MEC . 56
A.26.3 Related requirements . 56
A.27 Media Delivery Optimizations at the Edge . 57
A.27.1 Description . 57
A.27.2 Use of MEC . 57
A.27.3 Related requirements . 58
A.28 Factories of the Future . 58
A.28.1 Description . 58
A.28.2 Use of MEC . 59
A.29 Flexible development with Containers . 59
A.29.1 Description . 59
A.29.2 Use of Multi-access Edge Computing . 60
A.30 Third Party Cloud Provider . 61
A.30.1 Description . 61
A.30.2 Use of MEC . 62
A.30.3 Related requirements . 62
A.31 Multi user, multi network applications . 63
A.31.1 Description . 63
A.31.2 Use of MEC . 64
A.31.3 Related requirements . 64
A.32 Indoor Precise Positioning and Content Pushing . 64
A.32.1 Description . 64
A.32.2 Use of MEC . 64
A.32.3 Related requirements . 65
A.33 Multi-RAT application computation offloading . 65
A.33.1 Description . 65
A.33.2 Use of MEC . 65
A.33.3 Related requirements . 65
A.34 IPTV over WTTx . 66
A.34.1 Description . 66
A.34.2 Use of MEC . 66
A.34.3 Related requirements . 67
A.35 MEC System deployment in 5G environment. 67
A.35.1 Description . 67
A.35.2 Use of Multi-access Edge Computing . 68
A.35.3 Related requirements . 68
A.36 In-vehicle MEC hosts supporting automotive workloads . 68
A.36.1 Description . 68
A.36.2 Use of MEC . 69
A.36.3 Related requirements . 69
A.37 Future Home . 69
A.37.1 Description . 69
A.37.2 Use of MEC . 70
A.37.3 Related requirements . 71
A.38 Future Vertical Applications . 71
A.38.1 Description . 71
A.38.2 Use of MEC . 73
A.39 V2X multi-stakeholder scenario . 75
A.39.1 Description . 75
A.39.2 Use of MEC . 75
A.39.3 Related requirements . 76
A.40 Multi-player immersive AR game . 76
A.40.1 Description . 76
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A.40.2 Use of MEC . 77
A.40.3 Related requirements . 79
A.41 Holographic Type Communications . 79
A.41.1 Description . 79
A.41.2 Use of MEC . 80
A.41.3 Related requirements . 81
Annex B (informative): Operator trusted MEC applications . 82
History . 83

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Foreword
This Group Specification (GS) has been produced by ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) Multi-access Edge
Computing (MEC).
Modal verbs terminology
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the requirements for Multi-access Edge Computing with the aim of promoting
interoperability and deployments. It contains normative and informative parts.
The present document also contains an annex describing example use cases and their technical benefits, for the purpose
of deriving requirements.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or non-
specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
Not applicable.
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or non-
specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI GR MEC 001: "Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC); Terminology".
[i.2] Mobile-Edge Computing - Introductory Technical White Paper, September 2014.
[i.3] IETF draft-flinck-mobile-throughput-guidance-03.txt: "Mobile Throughput Guidance Inband
Signaling Protocol".
[i.4] ETSI GS NFV 002: "Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); Architectural Framework".
[i.5] "Byte Caching in Wireless Networks", IEEE 32nd International Conference on Distributed
Computing Systems. Franck Le; Mudhakar Srivatsa; Arun K. Iyengar Macau. China
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