Awarded ETSI Specialist Task Force Contracts, InterDigital Develops Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) Sandbox Enabling Edge A...
February 09 2021 - 4:00AM
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC), a mobile and video technology
research and development company, has received two European
Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) Specialist Task
Force (STF) contracts – STF587 and STF 599 – to develop, launch,
and maintain the ETSI Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) Sandbox to
help app developers interact with edge computing APIs and
experiment with edge-native applications.
Citing InterDigital’s industry leadership in edge computing,
InterDigital was awarded a Specialist Task Force contract, STF587,
to design and develop the ETSI MEC Sandbox as an educational and
experimental platform. The resulting interactive sandbox created a
new environment for edge developers to experiment with standardized
edge service APIs in an emulated urban edge network
environment.
Ahead of the Sandbox’s official launch in January, InterDigital
was also awarded STF599, a contract to maintain and enhance ETSI’s
Sandbox throughout 2021. This contract tasks InterDigital with
updating the Sandbox based on user feedback and adding new
capabilities, like additional edge network topologies and MEC
service APIs.
“We take great pride in leveraging InterDigital’s edge
expertise, and specifically our AdvantEDGE open edge emulator, to
create an experimental sandbox environment for edge developers,”
said Bob Gazda, Senior Director of Engineering at InterDigital.
“Our commitment to maintain this new environment reflects our, and
ETSI’s, shared commitment to support developers by pioneering new
techniques to interact with live MEC Service APIs and bringing
standards to the market.”
The MEC Sandbox offers users a variety of scenarios combining
different network technologies, like 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi, and
terminal equipment, like vehicles, pedestrians or connected
objects. The combination of these simulated assets in a geolocated
environment gives the user hands-on interaction with the behavior
and capabilities of the Location, Radio Network Information and
WLAN Information MEC Service APIs. This contextual information can
offer significant differential performance for edge
applications.
To display the potential of the sandbox for edge developers,
Michel Roy, InterDigital’s architect of the ETSI MEC Sandbox, will
join Samsung’s Walter Featherstone, Chair of ETSI MEC Deployment
and ECOsystem DEvelopment (DECODE) working group, in a live
demonstration of the MEC sandbox. The February 12th webinar,
“Getting Started with the ETSI MEC Sandbox,” will outline details
of the MEC Sandbox and highlight MEC resources available to
developers, including the MEC OpenAPI specifications on ETSI Forge
and the MEC Developer Wiki. The webinar aims to offer hands-on
examples that demonstrate how to interact with specific MEC Service
APIs, including Location, Radio Network Info, and WLAN Access Info.
The webinar will be held on Friday, February 12 at 3:00pm CET /
9:00am ET. To register, please click here.
To learn more and to give the ETSI MEC Sandbox a try, please
visit: https://try-mec.etsi.org/ .
To learn about the emulation engine driving the MEC Sandbox,
please visit:
https://github.com/InterDigitalInc/AdvantEDGE
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile and video 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, better video delivery, and richer multimedia experiences
years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and
strategic relationships with many of the world’s leading technology
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:Roya
StephensEmail: roya.stephens@interdigital.com +1 (202)
349-1714
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