ETSI GS MEC 002 V4.2.1 (2026-05)

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

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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: 29-May-2026
• Completion Date: 06-May-2026

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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-0002v421TechReq
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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 . 15
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 . 21
6.3.4 Feature LocationService . 21
6.3.5 Feature BandwidthManager. 22
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 . 24
6.3.12 Feature MECFederation . 24
6.3.13 Feature HTCservice . 25
6.3.14 Feature MASService . 25
6.3.15 Feature SMM . 25
6.3.16 Feature CryptoAttestation . 26
6.3.17 Feature AGW . 26
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6.3.18 Feature MECDA service . 26
6.3.19 Feature MECEM service . 26
7 Operation and management requirements . 27
8 Security, regulation and charging requirements . 27
8.1 Security . 27
8.2 Regulation . 27
8.3 Charging . 28
Annex A (informative): Use cases . 29
A.0 Labelling of related requirements . 29
A.1 Use case categorization . 29
A.2 Mobile video delivery optimization using throughput guidance for TCP and other transport
protocols . 30
A.2.1 Description . 30
A.2.2 Use of MEC . 31
A.2.2.1 Throughput Guidance radio analytics application . 31
A.2.2.2 Transport layer congestion control assisted by MEC services . 31
A.2.3 Related requirements . 33
A.3 Local content caching at the mobile edge . 33
A.3.1 Description . 33
A.3.2 Use of MEC . 34
A.3.3 Related requirements . 34
A.4 Security, safety, data analytics . 34
A.4.1 Description . 34
A.4.2 Use of MEC . 35
A.4.3 Related requirements . 35
A.5 Augmented reality, assisted reality, virtual reality, cognitive assistance . 35
A.5.1 Description . 35
A.5.2 Use of MEC . 36
A.5.3 Related requirements . 36
A.6 Gaming and low latency cloud applications . 37
A.6.1 Description . 37
A.6.2 Use of MEC . 38
A.6.3 Related requirements . 38
A.7 Active device location tracking . 38
A.7.1 Description . 38
A.7.2 Use of MEC . 39
A.7.3 Related requirements . 39
A.8 Application portability . 39
A.8.1 Description . 39
A.8.2 Use of MEC . 39
A.8.3 Related requirements . 39
A.9 SLA management . 39
A.9.1 Description . 39
A.9.2 Related requirements . 40
A.10 MEC edge video orchestration . 40
A.10.1 Description . 40
A.10.2 Use of MEC . 40
A.10.3 Related requirements . 40
A.11 Mobile backhaul optimization . 41
A.11.1 Description . 41
A.11.2 Use of MEC . 41
A.11.3 Related requirements . 41
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A.12 Direct interaction with MEC application . 41
A.12.1 Description . 41
A.12.2 Use of MEC . 42
A.12.3 Related requirements . 42
A.13 Traffic deduplication . 43
A.13.1 Description . 43
A.13.2 Use of MEC . 43
A.13.3 Related requirements . 43
A.14 Vehicle-to-infrastructure communication . 43
A.14.1 Description . 43
A.14.2 Use of MEC . 44
A.14.3 Related requirements . 44
A.15 Location-based service recommendation . 45
A.15.1 Description . 45
A.15.2 Use of MEC . 45
A.15.3 Related requirements . 45
A.16 Bandwidth allocation manager for applications . 45
A.16.1 Description . 45
A.16.2 Use of MEC . 46
A.16.3 Related requirements . 46
A.17 MEC platform consuming information from operator trusted MEC application . 46
A.17.1 Description . 46
A.17.2 Use of MEC . 47
A.17.3 Related requirements . 47
A.18 Video caching, compression and analytics service chaining . 47
A.18.1 Description . 47
A.18.2 Use of MEC . 48
A.18.3 Related requirements . 48
A.19 Radio access bearer monitoring . 48
A.19.1 Description . 48
A.19.2 Use of MEC . 49
A.19.3 Related requirements . 49
A.20 MEC host deployment in dense-network environment . 49
A.20.1 Description . 49
A.20.2 Use of MEC . 49
A.20.3 Related requirements . 49
A.21 Radio network information generation in aggregation point . 50
A.21.1 Description . 50
A.21.2 Use of MEC . 50
A.21.3 Related requirements . 50
A.22 Unified enterprise communications . 50
A.22.1 Description . 50
A.22.2 Use of MEC . 51
A.22.3 Related requirements . 52
A.23 Application computation off-loading . 52
A.23.1 Description . 52
A.23.2 Value proposition . 52
A.23.3 Use of MEC . 53
A.23.4 Related requirements . 53
A.24 Optimizing QoE and resource utilization in multi-access network . 53
A.24.1 Description . 53
A.24.2 Use of MEC . 54
A.24.3 Related requirements . 54
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A.25 Camera as a service . 55
A.25.1 Description . 55
A.25.2 Use of MEC . 56
A.25.3 Related requirements . 56
A.26 Video production and delivery in a stadium environment . 56
A.26.1 Description . 56
A.26.2 Use of MEC . 58
A.26.3 Related requirements . 58
A.27 Media Delivery Optimizations at the Edge . 59
A.27.1 Description . 59
A.27.2 Use of MEC . 59
A.27.3 Related requirements . 60
A.28 Factories of the Future . 60
A.28.1 Description . 60
A.28.2 Use of MEC . 61
A.29 Flexible development with Containers . 61
A.29.1 Description . 61
A.29.2 Use of Multi-access Edge Computing . 62
A.30 Third-party Cloud Provider . 63
A.30.1 Description . 63
A.30.2 Use of MEC . 64
A.30.3 Related requirements . 64
A.31 Multi user, multi network applications . 65
A.31.1 Description . 65
A.31.2 Use of MEC . 66
A.31.3 Related requirements . 66
A.32 Indoor Precise Positioning and Content Pushing . 66
A.32.1 Description . 66
A.32.2 Use of MEC . 66
A.32.3 Related requirements . 67
A.33 Multi-RAT application computation offloading . 67
A.33.1 Description . 67
A.33.2 Use of MEC . 67
A.33.3 Related requirements . 67
A.34 IPTV over WTTx . 68
A.34.1 Description . 68
A.34.2 Use of MEC . 68
A.34.3 Related requirements . 69
A.35 MEC System deployment in 5G environment. 69
A.35.1 Description . 69
A.35.2 Use of MEC . 70
A.35.3 Related requirements . 70
A.36 In-vehicle MEC hosts supporting automotive workloads . 70
A.36.1 Description . 70
A.36.2 Use of MEC . 71
A.36.3 Related requirements . 71
A.37 Future Home . 71
A.37.1 Description . 71
A.37.2 Use of MEC . 72
A.37.3 Related requirements . 73
A.38 Future Vertical Applications . 73
A.38.1 Description . 73
A.38.2 Use of MEC . 75
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A.39 V2X multi-stakeholder scenario . 76
A.39.1 Description . 76
A.39.2 Use of MEC . 77
A.39.3 Related requirements . 77
A.40 Multi-player immersive AR game . 77
A.40.1 Description . 77
A.40.2 Use of MEC . 78
A.40.3 Related requirements . 80
A.41 Holographic Type Communications . 80
A.41.1 Description . 80
A.41.2 Use of MEC . 81
A.41.3 Related requirements . 82
A.42 MEC Security Monitoring and Management (SMM) . 82
A.42.1 Description . 82
A.42.2 Use of MEC . 83
A.42.3 Related requirements . 83
A.43 Cryptographic attestation for MEC applications . 84
A.43.1 Description . 84
A.43.2 Use of MEC . 84
A.43.3 Related requirements . 84
A.44 MEC API Gateway . 85
A.44.1 Description . 85
A.44.2 Use of MEC . 85
A.44.3 Related requirements . 86
A.45 Authentication and Key Management for Applications (AKMA) function support . 86
A.45.1 Description . 86
A.45.2 Use of MEC . 86
A.45.3 Related requirements . 87
A.46 MEC Data Analytics . 87
A.46.1 Description . 87
A.46.2 Use of MEC . 87
A.46.3 Related requirements . 88
A.47 MEC Energy Management . 88
A.47.1 Description . 88
A.47.2 Use of MEC . 88
A.47.3 Related requirements . 89
Annex B (informative): Operator trusted MEC applications . 90
History . 91

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