At the 9th ETSI MEC meeting in March 2017, Alex Reznik was elected chairman as the group was renamed to Multi-access Edge Computing to better address non-cellular operator needs and phase two challenges. The expanded scope now covers heterogeneous networks utilizing LTE, 5G, fixed, and WiFi technologies, aiming to support collaborative deployments across multiple hosts owned by various operators. Future work will focus on developer-friendly standard APIs, standardized interfaces for traffic routing and application relocation, and alignment with NFV architecture to enable a unified edge system. This evolution seeks to facilitate complex use cases such as IoT by ensuring applications can discover services across hosts and integrate with orchestrators and transport networks.
Keywords: multi-access edge computing, standardized APIs, heterogeneous networks, edge orchestration, NFV alignment