This survey targets industry and research stakeholders involved in Edge-Cloud services. It has as aim to gather information concerning the specific needs of Edge-based networking and interconnection services to assist a better integration of current and future Edge-Cloud services in the Gaia-X architecture, having in mind current and future Edge-Cloud deployments.
The notion of Edge-Cloud refers to the so-called Edge-Cloud continuum and relates with the Internet as a complex, decentralised system. Edge in this context can be further split into the Far Edge and Near Edge. The Far Edge contemplates devices and services located on customer premises (e.g., manufacturing shop-floor, home), covering not only the existing cyber-physical systems but also the interfaces to the real-world, as well as context-awareness (e.g, situational awareness) required to perform local/partial decisions upon data collected. The Near Edge relates with the Edge elements and services that are located in the access/core regions.
In addition to the placement (infrastructure perspective) of specific Edge functions across Near and Far Edge, the Far Edge comprises additional aspects. Specifically, the Far Edge embodies a full intertwining to the real-world which can only be
The survey is developed by fortiss GmbH in the context of the Gaia-X Open Working Group Interconnection and Network Services.
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