Introduction

This blog focuses on providing an overview of the “Federated Multi-Access Edge Cloud Platform” blueprint as part of the Akraino Public Cloud Edge Interface (PCEI) blueprint family. This blog specifically provides an overview of the key features and implemented components as part of Akraino Release-5. Key idea for this blueprint is to have a federated Multi-Access Edge Cloud (MEC) Platform that showcases the inter-play between telco side and cloud/edge side.

Prior to discussing the specifics of this blueprint implementation, the following subsection provides a brief description of what Multi-Access Edge Cloud (MEC) is and how it is ushering in as an enabler for emerging 5G/AI based applications landscape.