Edge Computing refers to a broad set of techniques designed to move computing and storage out of the
remote cloud (public or private) and closer to the source of data. For the emerging class of “5G
Applications” this is often a matter of necessity. Locating such applications in a traditional cloud does
not allow one to meet certain stringent requirements, such as roundtrip latency. In other cases, such as
the Internet of Things (IoT) and Vehicle to everything communication (V2X), the amount of data is
expected to increase rapidly. Edge computing can mitigate this by collecting and processing the data
closer to the user.
