{"id":8251,"date":"2016-06-30T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/?post_type=digest&#038;p=8251"},"modified":"2019-10-09T16:35:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T15:35:34","slug":"real-world-impact-mobile-edge-computing-mec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/digest\/real-world-impact-mobile-edge-computing-mec\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-World Impact of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) &#8211; new paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new paper, published by Intel, explores\u00a0Mobile Edge Computing\u00a0(MEC).<\/p>\n<p>The impact of MEC on the mobile subscriber\u2019s\u00a0experience is so profound that MEC has\u00a0become an integral part of 4G networks\u00a0around the world. To illustrate the\u00a0effect of MEC, this paper describes\u00a0the impact of MEC trials at two major\u00a0international events: The Mobile World\u00a0Congress* held in Barcelona in February\u00a02016, and the worldwide acclaimed\u00a0motor racing event held at the Shanghai\u00a0International Circuit* in April 2016.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the successful live demonstration of MEC (Mobile Edge Computing) and AR (Augmented Reality) by China Mobile, Intel, and Nokia at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016. The demonstration used a camera to view an object, the system then identified it and took the viewer into the world of the object using AR.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more in Intel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/networkbuilders.intel.com\/solutionslibrary\">solutions library<\/a> and read the <a href=\"https:\/\/builders.intel.com\/docs\/networkbuilders\/Real-world-impact-of-mobile-edge-computing-MEC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paper here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new paper, published by Intel, explores\u00a0Mobile Edge Computing\u00a0(MEC). The impact of MEC on the mobile subscriber\u2019s\u00a0experience is so profound that MEC has\u00a0become an integral part of 4G networks\u00a0around the world. To illustrate the\u00a0effect of MEC, this paper describes\u00a0the impact of MEC trials at two major\u00a0international events: The Mobile World\u00a0Congress* held in Barcelona in February\u00a02016, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6894,9714,60],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[15357],"class_list":["post-8251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5g-digest","category-digest","category-latest-news","algolia_discover_type-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Real-World Impact of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) - new paper - Networks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/digest\/real-world-impact-mobile-edge-computing-mec\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Real-World Impact of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) - new paper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new paper, published by Intel, explores\u00a0Mobile Edge Computing\u00a0(MEC). 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