InterDigital Announces World’s First Successful Mobile Edge Computing 5G Network Architecture Trial
August 14 2017 - 8:30AM
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and
development company, today announced the successful result of the
world’s first Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) trial based on new IP
networking technology expected to form part of the 5G network
architecture.
The three-week, real-world joint trial with Bristol is Open and
CTVC Ltd. showcases InterDigital’s Flexible-IP services (FLIPS)
solution and demonstrates significant performance improvements that
are crucial for the success of MEC services. The demonstrated FLIPS
technology will improve on experienced latency for such MEC
services, while reducing the overall network utilization when
accessing such services. This trial is part of the approved ETSI
MEC Proof-of-Concept with an earlier demonstration given at MWC
2016 and ETSI MEC World Congress.
Designed as an internet-enabled treasure hunt in the central
part of Bristol, the trial was open to anyone with an Android
device with interest in testing new technology. Participants worked
in teams to uncover hidden treasures in the city and were required
to solve riddles related to their location. The video delivery, as
part of the game’s riddle solving, experienced video latency
reductions from several tens of milliseconds to link local latency
of several milliseconds. In addition, the replication applied for
video distribution proved six times more efficient than standard IP
technology. The successful trial is realized as a pure software
solution over standard computing hardware and commercial SDN-based
switches without requiring a fully-fledged IP network in place.
“Latency reduction, higher bandwidth utilization, and the
ability to deploy such services very close to end users rather than
in some distant cloud are crucial to the success of MEC services,”
said Dirk Trossen, Senior Principal Engineer, InterDigital. “This
trial showcases the solutions, developed under the leadership of
InterDigital, that can deliver those performance improvements under
realistic conditions and with real users fulfilling the highest
criteria of trials in the 5G world.”
“Deploying services so close to end users is crucial to enable
new services at the network edge but even more important is doing
so without the need for deploying own infrastructure in operators’
networks,” said Stuart Porter, CTVC, who commissioned the trial
application being showcased.
While the trial is a major milestone demonstrating the
innovations of the European H2020 project POINT, the FLIPS solution
is also the major innovation driving the FLAME platform in the
European H2020 project FLAME, targeting to provide a significant
leap forward for media delivery supporting personalized,
interactive, mobile and localized (PIML) workflows. To learn more
about both European H2020 projects, visit
https://www.point-h2020.eu/ and https://www.ict-flame.eu/.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core
of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the
industry's most critical and complex technical challenges,
inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a
richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment.
InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of
the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972,
InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P
MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
InterDigital Contact:
Patrick Van de Wille
Email: patrick.vandewille@interdigital.com
+1 (858) 210-4814
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