ETSI
ETSI GS MEC 003 V2.1.1 (2019
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights ................................................................................................................................ 5
Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Modal verbs terminology .................................................................................................................................... 5
1 Scope ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
2 References ................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Normative references ......................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Informative references ........................................................................................................................................ 6
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations ....................................................................................... 7
3.1 Terms .................................................................................................................................................................. 7
3.2 Symbols .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
3.3 Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
4 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 7
5 Multi-access Edge Computing framework ............................................................................................... 8
6 Reference architecture .............................................................................................................................. 9
6.1 Generic reference architecture ............................................................................................................................ 9
6.2 Reference architecture variant for MEC in NFV .............................................................................................. 10
6.2.1 Description .................................................................................................................................................. 10
6.2.2 Architecture diagram .................................................................................................................................. 10
7 Functional elements and reference points .............................................................................................. 11
7.1 Functional elements .......................................................................................................................................... 11
7.1.1 MEC host .................................................................................................................................................... 11
7.1.2 MEC platform ............................................................................................................................................. 11
7.1.3 MEC application ......................................................................................................................................... 12
7.1.4 MEC system level management.................................................................................................................. 12
7.1.4.1 Multi-access edge orchestrator .............................................................................................................. 12
7.1.4.2 Operations Support System (OSS) ........................................................................................................ 12
7.1.4.3 User application lifecycle management proxy ...................................................................................... 12
7.1.5 MEC host level management ...................................................................................................................... 13
7.1.5.1 MEC platform manager ......................................................................................................................... 13
7.1.5.2 Virtualization infrastructure manager ................................................................................................... 13
7.1.6 Device application ...................................................................................................................................... 13
7.1.7 Customer facing service portal ................................................................................................................... 13
7.1.8 Specific functional elements in the MEC in NFV architecture variant ....................................................... 14
7.1.8.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 14
7.1.8.2 MEC application orchestrator ............................................................................................................... 14
7.1.8.3 MEC platform manager – NFV ............................................................................................................. 14
7.1.8.4 NFVO .................................................................................................................................................... 14
7.1.8.5 VNFM (MEC Platform LCM) .............................................................................................................. 14
7.1.8.6 VNFM (MEC App LCM) ..................................................................................................................... 14
7.2 Reference points ............................................................................................................................................... 14
7.2.1 Reference points related to the MEC platform ........................................................................................... 14
7.2.2 Reference points related to the MEC management ..................................................................................... 15
7.2.3 Reference points related to external entities ............................................................................................... 15
7.2.4 Reference points related to the MEC in NFV architecture variant ............................................................. 15
8 MEC services ......................................................................................................................................... 16
8.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 16
8.2 Radio Network Information ............................................................................................................................. 16
8.3 Location ............................................................................................................................................................ 17
8.4 Bandwidth Manager ......................................................................................................................................... 17
Annex A (informative): Key concepts ................................................................................................... 18
