Why Edge Computing needed?

Edge Computing is a concept that enables services to be hosted close to the service consumers and provides benefits such as efficient service delivery with significant reduction in end-to-end latency and decreased load on the transport network.?

The benefits of Edge Computing will strengthen the promise of 5G and expand the prospects for several new and enhanced use cases – including virtual and augmented reality, IoT, Industrial IoT, autonomous driving, real-time multiplayer gaming, split computing.

Key Drivers of Edge Computing:

• Smart and intelligent computing capabilities in IIoT devices.
• A rise in the number of IIoT devices and ever-growing demand for data.
• Technology enhancements with machine learning, artificial intelligence and analytics.

Reference: 5G; Architecture for enabling Edge Applications (3GPP TS 23.558 version 17.3.0 Release 17) www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts