https://lesitedefrancois.be/en/tags/edge-computing/Recent content in Edge-Computing on Le Site de FrançoisHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Françoishttps://lesitedefrancois.be/en/telco/edge-computing/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://lesitedefrancois.be/en/telco/edge-computing/<p><strong>Edge computing</strong> in telecommunications places <strong>compute, storage, and application execution</strong> close to users and devices — at <strong>cell sites</strong>, <strong>regional points of presence</strong>, or <strong>on-prem enterprise locations</strong> — rather than only in distant <strong>hyperscale data centres</strong>. The goal is to reduce <strong>end-to-end latency</strong>, limit <strong>backhaul</strong> load, satisfy <strong>data residency</strong>, and enable <strong>real-time</strong> applications (AR/VR, industrial control, V2X, video analytics) that are impractical with <strong>50–100 ms</strong> round trips to central clouds. In <strong>5G</strong>, edge is tightly coupled to the <strong>user plane</strong>: a <strong>local UPF</strong> on <strong>N6</strong> breakout forwards traffic to an <strong>edge data network (DN)</strong> hosting <strong>MEC applications</strong> without hairpinning through the operator’s core hub.</p>