Verizon and AWS Deliver Mobile Edge Computing to Customers in Boston and the Bay Area
August 06 2020 - 12:45PM
Less than a year after Hans Vestberg, Verizon CEO, and Andy Jassy,
AWS CEO, took the stage in Las Vegas at AWS re:Invent, we’re
excited to share that 5G mobile edge compute is live for
developers, with AWS Wavelength at Verizon’s 5G Edge in Boston and
the Bay Area. Starting today, developers and enterprises around the
world can harness the power of innovation to build entirely new
categories of applications for the edge. And we’re not done yet.
Verizon has committed to launching 5G Edge in more cities by the
end of 2020.
AWS Wavelength embeds AWS compute and storage services at
Verizon’s 5G Edge to enable applications with ultra-low latencies,
and support use cases such as inference at the edge, autonomous
industrial equipment, connected cars, smart cities and smart
factories, Internet of Things (IoT), and live and interactive video
and game streaming. Verizon is the first in the world to partner
with AWS to offer 5G network edge computing with AWS
Wavelength.
From a technical perspective, Wavelength extends AWS
infrastructure to Verizon’s networks by embedding AWS compute and
storage services at service access points on the edge of the 5G
network. This enables traffic to reach application servers running
in Wavelength Zones without leaving the mobile network, reducing
the latency that would result from multiple hops to the Internet,
and helping developers start to unlock the potential of 5G for
their applications.
And getting started is easy. With just an AWS account, you can
deploy your 5G applications in Wavelength Zones and seamlessly
connect to applications and services in AWS Regions. Wavelength
offers you the flexibility to scale up or scale down, and pay only
for the resources that you use. Simply log-in to the AWS Management
Console, request access at https://aws.amazon.com/wavelength/, and
enable the Wavelength Zones you want to use for your account.
Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network is built for transformative
experiences that can improve how we live, work and play. For
example, 5G Ultra Wideband enables throughput that will be at least
10 times faster than 4G--up to ten gigabits per second; delivers
ultra-low latency; offers very high bandwidth, with 100 times
larger data volumes than 4G; and the ability to connect more than a
million devices per kilometer.
We’re already seeing customers innovating in industries as
varied as healthcare and sports. For example, Avesha is working
with several hospitals to test how machine learning inference done
at the edge utilizing Wavelength and Verizon 5G can assist doctors
in identifying polyps in real-time. Now, instead of running on
premises servers with their high expense, hospitals can use the
power of the cloud with GPUs available over 5G for ultra-low
latency inference of video streams. Traditionally, machine learning
inference required having a dedicated server with a GPU in the
procedure room. But now, the Avesha platform is able to connect the
procedure room with the inference models on high-performance GPUs
at the cloud edge and the cloud backend that continuously updates
the models, resulting in high accuracy and inferencing speed.
”Identifying cancerous polyps is difficult. Machine learning
inference is an invaluable tool to help physicians make that
diagnosis, but it requires near-real time analysis, comparing a
live video feed to a dataset of several hundred thousand polyps,”
said Raj Nair, acting CEO of Avesha. “AWS Wavelength on Verizon’s
5G Edge provides that intelligence to doctors during the exam
improving the patient experience and potential outcomes, and
fundamentally changing the diagnostic process.”
In the world of sports, ShotTracker is testing how its
sensor-based technology can transform the game of basketball when
computing is done at the 5G Edge. Its system delivers more
than 70 unique and autonomous basketball stats and requires
millisecond latency to provide teams, broadcasters and game
partners with instant analytics. 5G and MEC will speed up the
process and allow ShotTracker to layer more data, stats and
analysis -- in real time -- for teams, broadcasters and fans. 5G
provides the super-fast network connection and the ability to
collect even more data from even more sensors, and compute at the
edge means that data, and things like comparative stats can be
available at the edge so analysis is near-instantaneous.
”In sports, seconds matter – it can be the difference between
winning and losing – that’s why we are excited about the potential
of ultra-low latency provided by AWS Wavelength and Verizon 5G
Edge,” said Davyeon Ross, co-founder and president of ShotTracker.
“Access to 5G and Edge compute unlocks unprecedented speeds
and data access that will revolutionize how our data is
consumed.”
Whether dramatically improving the present or radically
reimagining the future, today the power to dream what’s next sits
with you. We invite you to join Avesha,
ShotTracker and a growing list of innovators on the journey with us
to improve how we live, work and play. We’re live. We’re ready.
Let’s go.
For more information on AWS Wavelength visit:
https://aws.amazon.com/wavelength/ and for more information about
Verizon 5G Edge visit:
https://enterprise.verizon.com/business/learn/edge-computing/.
Other resources:
View Avesha Systems video here.
View ShotTracker video here.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on
June 30, 2000 and is celebrating its 20th year as one of the
world’s leading providers of technology, communications,
information and entertainment products and services. Headquartered
in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon
generated revenues of $131.9 billion in 2019. The company offers
data, video and voice services and solutions on its award winning
networks and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for
mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control.
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