Delivery systems for MEC: breaking current OSS and orchestration systems

Integrating multi-access edge computing (MEC) into OSS is likely to significantly increase communications service providers’ (CSPs’) operating costs. CSPs can reduce both opex and capex by taking a standardised approach and using MEC-as-a-service solutions.

Information provided in this report

• Challenges associated with the legacy OSS/BSS in the context of MEC deployment
• Overview and analysis of existing MEC regulations
• Insights that telecoms operators can draw upon when formulating their own node deployment strategies.

CSPs included as case studies in this report

• Huawei
• Juniper
• NearbyComputing
• NEC/Netcracker
• VMware