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本课程面向移动通信网络技术发展趋势，旨在介绍4G/5G系统边缘计算的架构、移动网络协议与核心网技术，以及相关的边缘计算应用。除了介绍边缘计算与各类物联网应用类型的关系，还包括云计算、雾计算，以及边缘计算在新世代移动网络应用的特性与差异。通过一系列数字化教材模块的内容，让学生能更深入了解5G边缘计算的最新架构与技术，同时培养在5G移动宽带网络进行性能探讨与测量分析的能力。

课程内容
课程将涵盖边缘计算的协议、架构与方法，包括ETSI所定义的Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC)技术标准，探討如何部署MEC服务器，介绍网络资源在MEC的分配策略，如Service migration、MEC offloading的相关议题、MEC use cases的应用整合，以及5G MEC资源分配及服务质量调整等技术。

在实践课程的项目中，实验课程运用跨校联盟中心建置的核心网与小基站实验环境来支持边缘计算的相关实验，让学生了解边缘计算的网络构建与架构。

课程目标
本课程介绍移动通信网络技术发展趋势，着重于让学生习得5G知识以及边缘计算技术及实作的能力。
讓学生深入了解5G边缘计算的最新架构与技术，培养在5G移动宽带网络进行性能探讨与测量分析的能力。
课程目录：
Unit 1.Evolution of Mobile Communication Networks
1-1 Communications and Networks
1-2 Evolution Towards 5G and Edge
Computing
1-3 System Architecture Evolution
1-4 Long Term Evolution (LTE)
and Small Cell
1-5 Evolved Packet Core (EPC)

Unit 2.Architecture of Mobile Network
2-1 Air Interface
2-2 Radio Access Network - Fronthaul
2-3 Radio Access Network - Backhaul
2-4 Functions of Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
2-5 Control and User Plane Separation
(CUPS)

Unit 3.MEC Concepts and Key Drivers
3-1 MEC Concepts (1/2)
3-2 MEC Concepts (2/2)
3-3 MEC Enablers

Unit 4.Architecture of 5G Edge Computing
4-1 5G Architecture
4-2 5G Core Architecture
4-3 Architectures for MEC
4-4 MEC Deployment: 4G to 5G
4-5 MEC Deployment: 4G to 5G (Part 2)

Unit 5.Experiment I:Set-up of OAI Platform and Web Server
5-1 Introduction to the Experiments
5-2 Procedure of Installation

Unit 6.Experiment II: Set-up of Edge Server and Cloud Server
6-1 Introduction to the Experiment and
Installation

Unit 7.5G Edge Computing Standardization: ETSI MEC
7-1 An Introduction to ETSI MEC
7-2 MEC and NFV
7-3 MEC in 5G Networks

Unit 8.MEC Services and Scenarios
8-1 Key MEC Services
8-2 Key MEC Scenarios and Challenges

Unit 9.5G Edge Computing: Use Cases
9-1 MEC Use Cases
9-2 Media and Entertainment Use
Cases (1/2)
9-2 Media and Entertainment Use
Cases (2/2)
9-3 5G MEC Use Cases

Unit 10.Experiment III: Service Migration
10-1 VoD Streaming Experiment

Unit 11.Supplementary Lesson (1) (by
Industry Instructor): The Trend of 5G & MEC Technical Development
11-1 The Concept of 5G,SDN and NFV
11-2 The Opportunity of MEC
11-3 The Security of Mobile MEC

Unit 12.C-RAN and MEC
12-1 Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RAN)
12-2 Evolution to Centralized Cloud RAN
12-3 Deployment of MEC and C-RAN

Unit 13.Computation Off-loading in MEC
13-1 Introduction to Off-loading
13-2 Off-loading Schemes

Unit 14.Experiment IV: Off-loading
14-1 AR/VR Experiment

Unit 15.Edge Intelligence and Applications
15-1 AI at the Edge
15-2 Data Fusion Models
15-3 Advantages of Data Fusion and AI at the Edge

Unit 16.MEC 5G Integration
16-1 MEC 5G Integration

Unit 17.Inter-MEC and MEC Federation
17-1 Inter-MEC and MEC Federation

Unit 18.O-RAN in 5G:Supplementary Lesson (2) (by Industry Instructor):Security in 5G and Edge Computing
18-1 5G Network Security
18-2 Security in 5G Scenarios and Applications
18-3 Security in 5G Edge Cloud