5 June 2020 / 9:00 AM PDT / Zoom meeting
Attendees
Jane Shen, Jiafeng Zhu, Jeff Bower, Tim Epkes, Dan Druta, Tina Tsou, Su Gu, Doug Eng, Neal Oliver
Meeting Notes - Zhu, Brower
Meeting Notes
- Update of API portal presentation of ETSI MEC, they agreed to collaborate with us, to initiate weekly meetings
- Change work stream name from infrastructure work stream to platform work stream
- Whitepaper review, you can find detail comments from the google doc link, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R2N8sX1_bJ6UNLTr3Pvnls87uIJMbNSj/edit
- Follow the format of API – subcommittee exist white paper
- We should give Edge definition in the beginning, what are boundaries of this whitepaper (Telco mobile Edge)
- The scope covers 5G or more broadly?
- Functions defines Edge or location defines Edge?
- Decoupling MEC from 3GPP network stack
- Models are not per site, they are not mutually exclusive
Additional Notes
Jane - we will have biweekly meetings with ETSI MEC to collaborate
Jeff - should we change name to “platform and infrastructure” instead of only platform ? the concern is that infrastructure is a key buzzword, people might be looking for it
Whitepaper flow, organization
Su Gu - section 5.1, change heading from “where should the interface be” to something functional; i.e. what enablers can do
Jeff - after making name change suggested by Su Gu, can we insert paragraph that mentions debate over last year about where to draw the line; i.e. reflect Jane’s original heading
Doug - we should add a precise definition of MEC and/or edge
Jeff - we need a glossary / Jane - maybe look at LF edge glossary for edge terms
Doug / Dan - be specific about physical components in our edge definition
Dan - exclude IoT other obvious non-platform / non-infrastructure
Jane - we are more focused on mobile edge access, not fixed access
Doug - do we limit to 5G access or more broad than that ? Jane - limit to 5G edge
Dan - 5G gives aggregated RAN and other benefits but doesn’t have to be that way. Our architecture allows geographical dispersal, which implicitly ties us to 5G
Tim - maybe we should clarify near edge, far edge, “far far” edge
Jane - UPF is common element in most MEC definitions
Neal - should we rename “Models” to “Roles”, try to stay away from business terms. Cited example of GSMA OPG (Operator Platform Group)
Dan - many combinations of model / role diagrams are possible (functional, ownership, topological)
Dan - add comments saying models are not mutually exclusive
Upcoming TSC Review of whitepaper
Jane - expects vendors and companies want to be included but they don’t have APIs yet