Mobile Edge Computing Software in Latin America

The Nokia MEC platform is implemented on an IaaS environment, which enables flexible deployment and management of MEC applications. The platform supports LTE networks as well as unlicensed wireless access technologies. The platform is highly scalable and facilitates the reach of MEC applications to specific zones, such as public venues and enterprise campuses, cities, and the entire network. Nokia offers a set of its own and certified third-party MEC applications and real-time services for these applications. The company offers technical and legal frameworks, and developer support through its AppFactory environment to deploy third-party applications onto the MEC platform. The MEC multi-radio connectivity enhances the proficiencies of the platform by providing an overlay approach for multi-operator and multi-access network integration.

Huawei registers its presence in the market with a MEC@CloudEdge solution, based on Huawei’s CloudEdge platform. The MEC@CloudEdge solution offers numerous network functions to meet the requirements for mobility, monitoring, billing, and operations and maintenance (O&M). Through the solution, the company delivers various benefits, such as quick prediction and detection of potential faults, and response within milliseconds through real-time service analysis, to different industries. Some of the other benefits of the solution are enhanced network performance and reliability, flexible deployment, better user experience, and optimum utilization of transmission resources.

Juniper Networks is one of the prominent players in the MEC market. The company has partnered with Saguna to cater to the MEC market by delivering pre-integrated solutions to Juniper Networks’ highperformance routers and switches, and Saguna Open-RAN MEC platform. The company’s product portfolio consists of ACX Series Universal Access Routers, QFX Series switches, MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers, vSRX virtual firewall, and Contrail SDN controller. ACX Series Universal Access Routers, QFX Series switches, and MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers enable the MEC platform services, API layers, and MEC edge applications to run on the Juniper Networks’ hardware in a pre-aggregation/IP aggregation environment.

Brocade offers mobile edge virtualization infrastructure, powered by Brocade vRouter, to deliver MEC applications, network services, and content from the edge of the mobile network. The company offers MEC infrastructure capabilities that enable MNOs to extend the cloud to the mobile edge via hosting VNFs and third-party applications.