Edge Networking

Khaldoun Al Agha is a professor at the University of Paris-Saclay, France, and an expert in telecommunications and networks. He is a co-founder of Green Communications.Pauline Loygue is chief marketing officer and director of product development at Green Communications. She is an expert in Edge and IoT innovation.Guy Pujolle is a co-founder and president of Green Communications. He is also professor emeritus at Sorbonne University, France.

• Introduction ixChapter 1. Edge Architectures 11.1. The three levels of Edge Networking 11.2. Edge Computing architectures 41.3. Security and domain name system on Edge 141.4. The digital infrastructure of the participatory Internet 161.5. Conclusion 171.6. References 18Chapter 2. MEC Networks 212.1. The MEC level of 5G architecture 212.2. 5G 252.3. 5G Edge 292.4. Conclusion 372.5. References 37Chapter 3. Fog Networks 393.1. Fog architectures 393.2. Fog controllers 443.3. Fog and the Internet of Things 483.4. Wi-Fi in the Fog’s digital infrastructure 503.5. The new generation Wi-Fi 543.6. The next generation of mobile Wi-Fi 633.7. Private 5G for Fog Networking 643.8. Conclusion 693.9. References 69Chapter 4. Skin Networks 734.1. The architecture of Skin networks 734.2. Virtual access points 744.3. Participatory Internet networks 774.4. Conclusion 824.5. References 83Chapter 5. Ad hoc and Mesh Networks 855.1. Ad hoc networks 855.2. Routing 885.3. Mesh networks 935.4. Participatory networks 955.5. Local services 965.6. The digital infrastructure of the Internet of the Edges 975.7. Conclusion 1015.8. References 102Chapter 6. Applications of the Internet of Edges 1056.1. Civil security and defense applications 1076.2. Applications of the Internet of Things 1086.3. The tactile Internet. 1106.4. Telecom applications 1156.5. Industry 4.0 1166.6. The smart city 1186.7. Conclusion 1216.8. References 121Chapter 7. Vehicular Networks 1237.1. Communication techniques for vehicular networks 1237.2. Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks 1267.3. Connected and intelligent vehicles 1277.4. The MEC and the VEC 1287.5. Intelligent transport systems (ITS)-G5 1307.6. 5G V2X 1337.7. The VLC 1397.8. Conclusion 1407.9. References 140Chapter 8. Virtualization of the Internet of Edges 1438.1. Network virtualization 1438.2. Virtualization on the Edge 1458.3. Using virtual networks on the Edge 1518.3.1. Isolation 1528.3.2. Extending network virtualization 1538.4. Mobile Edge Computing 1558.4.1. Examples of MEC applications 1558.4.2. Geolocation 1568.4.3. Augmented reality 1568.4.4. Video analytics 1578.4.5. Content optimization 1588.4.6. Content cache and DNS cache 1588.4.7. Performance optimization 1598.4.8. Positioning of MEC servers 1598.5. Conclusion 1628.6. References 162Chapter 9. Security 1659.1. Cloud of security on the Edge 1659.2. Secure element 1709.2.1. Security based on secure elements 1749.2.2. The TEE 1759.2.3. The trusted service manager 1769.2.4. The Cloud-based security solution 1779.2.5. Solutions for security 1789.3. Blockchain 1839.3.1. Blockchain consensus 1849.3.2. Blockchain in Edge Computing. 1859.4. Conclusion 1889.5. References 188Chapter 10. The Example of Green Communications 19310.1. The Green PI solution 19410.2. The Edge Cloud 19410.3. The IoE 19510.4. The IoE platform 19910.5. Use cases: IoT in constrained environments 20110.6. IoT in motion 20210.7. Massive IoT 20310.8. The advantages 20510.9. References 205Chapter 11. Deployment of the Participatory Internet 20711.1. The deployment 20711.2. The Green Cloud 20811.2.1. My Network 21111.2.2. Chat 21211.2.3. Talk 21211.2.4. Storage 21211.2.5. vCard Editor 21211.3. Scaling up 21211.4. Energy savings 21411.5. Security 21911.6. Wi-Fi and LTE hybridization 22011.7. Conclusion 22311.8. References 223Chapter 12. The Future 22512.1. The short-term future 22512.2. The medium-term future 22612.3. The long-term future 22712.4. Participatory Internet and IPV6 22812.5. References 231List of Authors 235Index 237