Distributed cloud: Edge Computing and 5G

Distributed, small data centers (NFV powered), placed close to the network edge.

Mandatory for 5G, to enable low latency services (Operator and 3rd-party Edge Applications).

Allowing processing offloading from UEs.

Take benefit of NFV for lifecycle management (LCM) of VNF:

• 5G RAN (CU/DU)

• 5G use plane VNF (UPF)

• Edge Applications

5G provides native support for (Multi-access) Edge Computing (MEC).