ISO/IEC DTR 23188

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Technical
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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38
Information technology — Cloud
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computing — Edge computing
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FINAL DRAFT
Technical
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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38
Information technology — Cloud
Secretariat: ANSI
computing — Edge computing
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 Edge computing .2
3.2 IoT terms .2
3.3 Real time .3
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms. 4
5 Overview of edge computing . . 5
5.1 General .5
5.2 Concepts of edge computing .5
5.3 Architectural foundations of edge computing .7
5.4 Relationship of edge computing to cloud computing .8
5.5 Relationship of edge computing to IoT .11
6 Networking and edge computing .12
6.1 General . 12
6.1.1 Overview . 12
6.1.2 Proximity networks. 13
6.1.3 Access networks . 13
6.1.4 Services networks . 13
6.1.5 User networks . 13
6.2 Virtual networks.14
7 Hardware considerations for edge computing .15
7.1 General . 15
7.2 Hardware capabilities . 15
8 Software technologies for edge computing .16
8.1 General .16
8.2 Software classifications .16
8.2.1 Firmware . .16
8.2.2 Platform software .17
8.2.3 Services .17
8.2.4 Application .17
8.3 Significant software technologies .17
8.3.1 General .17
8.3.2 Virtual machines .18
8.3.3 Containers .18
8.3.4 Serverless computing .19
8.3.5 Microservices .19
9 Deployment models and service capabilities types and service categories for edge
computing . . 19
9.1 General .19
9.2 Deployment models .19
9.3 Service model capabilities types . 20
9.4 Service categories . 20
10 Data in edge computing .20
10.1 General . 20
10.2 Data flow .21
10.3 Data storage . 22
10.4 Data processing. 23

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11 Management of edge computing.24
11.1 Management and orchestration fundamentals .24
11.2 Management plane, control plane and data plane . 25
11.3 Cloud-based management and control of edge tier nodes and device tier devices .27
11.3.1 General .27
11.3.2 Control of services from a device .27
11.3.3 Management of devices and edge nodes from a cloud service . 28
11.4 Orchestration and maintenance . 28
11.5 Management of data, rights and resources . 28
11.6 Security and privacy management . 29
12 Virtual placement .29
13 Security and privacy in edge computing .30
13.1 General .
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