Mobile Edge Computing is now known as Multi-access edge computing. It is an ETSI defined network architecture concept. Multi-Access Edge computing cloud computing activates computing of traffic and services from a centralized cloud to the edge of the network and closer to the customer.

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2. Mobile Edge Computing is now known as Multi-access edge computing. It is an
ETSI defined network architecture concept. Multi-Access Edge computing cloud
computing activates computing of traffic and services from a centralized cloud to
the edge of the network and closer to the customer. The network edge itself
analyses, processes and stores data instead of sending it to the cloud.

3. Relevance of MEC
Social network services like Facebook and Twitter, the content
of YouTube and Netflix and Google map navigation tools are on
clouds. Increasing usage of mobiles requires offloading of data
to the cloud to carry out computation and storage-intensive
operations. This objective is difficult to realize without bringing
the cloud closer to the edge of the network and users. In MEC,
computing, storage and networking resources are integrated
with the base station.

4. Potential Capabilities of MEC
MEC would divide applications into small subtasks with some of the tasks
performed at local or regional clouds while preserving latency and
accuracy.
The MEC server would provide access to user traffic and radio network
information besides computing resources, storage capacity and onnectivity
to tailor their applications. It has software for real-time analytics and
machine intelligence. It can entertain queries from devices that need
response time below 100minutes.

5. With virtualization at the radio access network, operators can allow third-
party tenants at the base station. MEC would reduce the load on the core
network, decrease congestion and make more money out of the edge
network.
Open source management platform called Multi-Cloud Application
Delivery allows users to have control over their resources and applications
and program their policy on virtual resources anywhere on the
participating clouds.

6. Source
https://www.etsi.org/technologies/multi-access-edge-computing