Location Service

AdvantEDGE provides a built-in Location Service implementation that integrates with scenarios.

This service provides the following capabilities:

• Learning location of a device within the network
• Learning information on all devices located within a zone or connected to a point-of-access
• Getting real-time updates on device location as they move across the network

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Radio Network Information Service

AdvantEDGE provides a built-in RNIS implementation that integrates with scenarios.

This service provides the following capabilities:

• Learning radio network conditions
• Performing user plane measurements
• Learning about devices connected to the radio node(s) associated with the mobile edge host and their radio access bearers
• Getting real-time updates on devices radio conditions as they move across the network

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Wireless Access Information Service

AdvantEDGE provides a built-in WAIS implementation that integrates with scenarios.

This service provides the following capabilities:

• Learning terminal (station or STA) information
• Learning access-point information
• Getting real-time updates on devices WLAN conditions as they move across the network

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Edge Platform Application Enablement Service

AdvantEDGE provides a built-in Edge Platform Application Enablement Service implementation that integrates with scenarios.

Mp1 reference point provides two different APIs: MEC Application Support and MEC Service Management

These APIs allow MEC Applications to interact with the MEC System, such as:

• Application registration/deregistration (supported)
• Service discovery & offering (supported)
• Event notifications about service and application availability (supported)
• Traffic rules, DNS (not supported)
• Time of day (supported)

Want to know more about App Enablement service: Edge Platform Application Enablement Service

Application Mobility Service

AdvantEDGE provides a built-in Application Mobility Service implementation that integrates with scenarios.

Application Mobility Service provides support for relocation of user context between MEC hosts; application instance relocation not supported.

AMS defines three types of MEC application user-context transfer:

• Application self-controlled (not supported)
  • Application triggers and executes the context transfer
  • Context is transferred from source to target application
  • MEC system’s role is to enable connectivity
• Device assisted (not supported)
  • Device triggers and executes the context transfer
  • Context is kept on the device
  • MEC system’s role is to decide if application mobility is required
• MEC assisted (supported)
  • MEC system triggers and assists the context transfer
  • Context is transferred from source to target application

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Application State Transfer Service

AdvantEDGE provides a proprietary application state transfer service that facilitates state transfer between edge application instances.

This service provides the following capabilities:

• Creating & configuring a Mobility Group (MG)
• Registering edge applications to the MG
• Executing application state transfers

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V2X Information Service

AdvantEDGE provides a built-in V2X Information Service implementation that integrates with scenarios.

This service provides the following capabilities:

• Predicting journey-specific QoS for vehicular UEs
• Obtaining V2X provisioning information
• Publishing and subscribing for V2X messages

Want to know more about V2X Information service: V2X Information Service

Next Step

Learn about the various Platform APIs that allows integration of your applications with the AdvantEDGE platform:

• Platform APIs
• Edge Service APIs

Table of contents

• Location Service
• Radio Network Information Service
• Wireless Access Information Service
• Edge Platform Application Enablement Service
• Application Mobility Service
• Application State Transfer Service
• V2X Information Service