<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>5th Generation (5G) mobile system is expected to support the requirements of mission critical communications for ultra reliability and availability, and very low latency. With the development of messaging and data transfer in mobile networks, mission critical communication users see more and more potential in data communications. In this paper, we explore the capabilities of Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) that appears to be a key 5G component, to provide short messaging service at the network edge. The provided use cases illustrate the capabilities for transferring mobile originating and mobile terminating short messages to and from mission critical mobile edge applications. The data model describes the service resource structure and the Application Programming Interface definitions illustrate how the mobile edge applications can use the service. Some implementation aspects related to behavioral logic of the network and applications are provided. The performance analysis enables estimation of latency introduced by the service.</p></abstract>

5th Generation (5G) mobile system is expected to support the requirements of mission critical communications for ultra reliability and availability, and very low latency. With the development of messaging and data transfer in mobile networks, mission critical communication users see more and more potential in data communications. In this paper, we explore the capabilities of Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) that appears to be a key 5G component, to provide short messaging service at the network edge. The provided use cases illustrate the capabilities for transferring mobile originating and mobile terminating short messages to and from mission critical mobile edge applications. The data model describes the service resource structure and the Application Programming Interface definitions illustrate how the mobile edge applications can use the service. Some implementation aspects related to behavioral logic of the network and applications are provided. The performance analysis enables estimation of latency introduced by the service.

Mission Critical Messaging Using Multi-Access Edge Computing

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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5th Generation (5G) mobile system is expected to support the requirements of mission critical communications for ultra reliability and availability, and very...

Mission Critical Messaging Using Multi-Access Edge Computing

Published Online: Dec 11, 2019

Page range: 73 - 89

Received: Sep 17, 2019

Accepted: Nov 10, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2019-0037

Keywords
Mission Critical Communications, Fifth Generation Mobile System, Edge Computing, Messaging Service

© 2018 Evelina N. Pencheva et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mission Critical Messaging Using Multi-Access Edge Computing

Published Online: Dec 11, 2019

Page range: 73 - 89

Received: Sep 17, 2019

Accepted: Nov 10, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2019-0037

KeywordsMission Critical Communications, Fifth Generation Mobile System, Edge Computing, Messaging Service

© 2018 Evelina N. Pencheva et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Mission Critical Communications, Fifth Generation Mobile System, Edge Computing, Messaging Service