Where it comes to potential new use cases and revenue streams enabled by 5G, it is hard to miss the role of enterprise internet of things use cases, and therefore the role of edge computing, most often as a way of supporting use cases requiring either low latency or local processing.
In other cases, the use case might be driven by the ability to minimize WAN transport costs.
SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom have been working together on edge computing since 2016, and SKT now supports the DT MobiledgeX platform.
The partners say mobile edge computing can reduce application latency on mobile networks by up to 60 percent.
Typically measured in milliseconds, latency is the time taken for a data request to be fulfilled on a packet network. Average latency on today's mobile networks is too high for services that operators want to provide using 5G technology -- including virtual reality, multi-person gaming applications and industrial robotics.
European operators that spoke with Light Reading for an in-depth report on edge computing cite average latency of between 30 and 50 milliseconds over current networks. Cutting that to between 10 and 20 milliseconds would create new service opportunities, according to BT and Vodafone.
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