18.3 Video Surveillance
18.4 SD‐WAN
18.5 Security Services
18.6 Video Conferencing
18.7 Content Delivery
18.8 Other Use Cases
18.9 Summary
26 19 End to End 19.1 Overview 19.2 Defining Requirements 19.3 Success Criteria 19.4 Comparing Costs 19.5 Alternative Options 19.6 Initial Deployment 19.7 Ongoing Operation 19.8 Project Conclusion 19.9 Summary
27 20 The Future of Infrastructure Edge Computing 20.1 Overview 20.2 Today and Tomorrow 20.3 The Next Five Years 20.4 The Next 10 Years 20.5 Summary
29 Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations
30 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 3Table 3.1 OSI model layer numbers, names, and examples.Table 3.2 Example minimum acceptable and desired average STF metrics.
2 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Uptime Institute tiers (numbers, names, and brief characteristics).
3 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Infrastructure edge data centre facility size categories and exampl...Table 6.2 Typical EXP and network capabilities of infrastructure edge data ce...Table 6.3 Example infrastructure edge data centre facility environmental cont...Table 6.4 Example average estimates for network usage per data centre facilit...
4 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Suitability of IEDC facilities for use as an EXP.
5 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Equipment suitability for IEDC facilities.
6 Chapter 16Table 16.1 Autonomy levels and the value of infrastructure edge computing.
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Infrastructure edge computing in context.Figure 2.2 Device edge computing in context.Figure 2.3 Self‐contained application operating on device.Figure 2.4 Application with access to remote data centre resources.Figure 2.5 Application with access to infrastructure edge computing resource...
2 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Routing process example.Figure 3.2 Routing and switching at a network boundary.Figure 3.3 LAN, MAN, and WAN networks.Figure 3.4 Fronthaul, backhaul, and midhaul networks.Figure 3.5 Last mile or access network interconnection failure.Figure 3.6 Infrastructure edge computing network providing transit services....
3 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Hot and cold air containment cooling system example.Figure 4.2 Traditional access, aggregation, and core layer network topology....Figure 4.3 Leaf and spine, or Clos, network topology.
4 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Full mesh, partial mesh, hub and spoke, ring, and tree network to...Figure 5.2 Partial mesh with distributed trees network topology.
5 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 Example deployment of size category 1 infrastructure edge data ce...Figure 6.2 Tiered infrastructure edge computing network with example STF met...Figure 6.3 Example scale comparison of infrastructure edge data centre size ...Figure 6.4 Topological hierarchy between size categories of infrastructure e...Figure 6.5 Physical hierarchy between size categories of infrastructure edge...Figure 6.6 Infrastructure edge data centre as single point of failure for ne...Figure 6.7 System resiliency example: phase one.Figure 6.8 System resiliency example: phase two.Figure 6.9 System resiliency example: phase three.
6 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 Tromboning network traffic path.Figure 7.2 Direct network traffic path.Figure 7.3 Backhaul and midhaul network interconnection.Figure 7.4 Network interconnection at two IXPs.Figure 7.5 A distributed IX utilising several physical IXPs.Figure 7.6 EX and IX comparison example.
7 Chapter 9Figure 9.1 Densified and non‐densified rack comparison example.
8 Chapter 10Figure 10.1 Resource gradient between user and RNDC.Figure 10.2 Resource gradient within infrastructure edge computing network....
9 Chapter 14Figure 14.1 Example architecture for 5G RAN deployment using infrastructure ...
10 Chapter 15Figure 15.1 Example architecture for distributed AI deployment using infrast...
11 Chapter 16Figure 16.1 Example architecture for cyber‐physical systems using infrastruc...
12 Chapter 17Figure 17.1 Example architecture for cloud computing using infrastructure ed...
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