TR286 Defining an Edge Strategy: Technical Briefing v1.0.0
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Created By: Open Digital Architecture Project
This technical report summarizes the technical studies and Catalyst projects carried out in later 2020 and early 2021 following the request to develop an Edge strategy with a particular focus on which SDOs TM Forum should engage with.
See Annex A for the original request. Initial studies showed that EDGE is much more than a new network technology which was the original positioning of the ETSI Multi Edge Computing (MEC) initiative and identified more than 50 Edge initiatives spanning: traditional SDOs, industry consortia many based on Open Source, and quasi open ecosystems around some specific edge/cloud technology specially those of the hyperscalers. Given the wide scope of activity and the broad impact on communications service provider (CSP) business, it was decided to conduct a set of workshops using the results from relevant TM Forum Catalysts where each Catalyst has user stories and scenarios based on real-world business opportunities.
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