What is the edge? Where is the edge? How does it benefit 5G? What is the sum of these parts? Can we have one without the other?
These are valid questions as we move from initial limited implementations of 5G towards a future where it becomes essential not just for consumers and lifestyles, but businesses chasing market opportunities. As we move into that future, the defining characteristics of this first phase of 5G – as a high bandwidth mobile device services – becomes blurred while low latency, high-performance computing and other requirements come into play.
