The reference scenario foresees a distributed Telco Edge Cloud where any application developer, known as an application provider, can host and deploy their application according to their specifications and operational criteria (e.g. within an specific geographical zone for data protection purposes, ensure a minimum QoS for the application clients, etc.) and an evolved experience for XR, V2X, holographic and other new services. The API manages the lifecycle of applications and instances.
Edge Application Management
API Description
The “Edge Application Management” API provides capabilities for lifecycle management of applications, instances and Edge Cloud zone discovery. Lifecycle management allows application provider to onboard their application to the Edge Cloud platform that do bookkeeping, resource validation and other pre-deployment operations. Application details can contain components network specification, package type (QCOW2, OVA, CONTAINER, HELM), operating system details and repository to download the image of the desired application. Once the application is available on the Edge Cloud platform, the application provider can instantiate the application. Edge Cloud providers help application providers to decide where to instantiate the applications allowing them to retrieve a list of Edge Cloud zones that meets the provided criteria.
A developer can deploy and run applications on an Edge Cloud zone, meaning reduced latency to end users that are nearby, as the network path is shorter. A network operator’s Edge Cloud may comprise multiple Edge Cloud zones, each in a discrete location to bring latency benefits to end users across a country.
Use Cases
Benefits
Through Telco Edge Cloud services developers around the globe can be benefit from the traditional cloud strengths but expertise and advantages of the Mobile Network Operators offering to their users. Operational efficiency for the API customer (cost savings) is also benefit.
API Portfolio: Computing Services
SubProject Wiki: Edge Cloud
(incl. how to meet the team)
API Wiki: Edge Application Management
API Repository: Edge Cloud
API Repository Status: Sandbox
API Status: In progress
API Version(s) and Release Date(s):
- V-wip 0.9.3 (March 2024)
API availability: Information which APIs are available in which country and network, and how to get access can be found on the GSMA public launch status page.