The below is a snapshot of where the existing projects under LF Edge currently sit. Updates to the taxonomies should be requested through the Project's TAC representative.
Last Updated:
- Akraino (May 16, 2019)
- EdgeX (April 19, 2019)
- Glossary
- Home Edge
- Project EVE (May 22, 2019)
Existing Projects by Function
| Functions | Akraino | EdgeX | Glossary | Home Edge | Project EVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIs | ✔ | Provide | Provide | ||
| Cloud Connectivity | ✔ | Provide | Provide | ||
| Container Runtime & Orchestration | ✔ | Consume | ?? - need to split? | Provide for Edge Container | |
| Data Governance | |||||
| Data Models | ✔ | ?? - how to split | Provide for Edge Container (not app data) | ||
| Device Connectivity | ✔ | Provide | Provide (incl LTE, WiFi, serial) | ||
| Filters/Pre-processing | ✔ | Provide | |||
| Logging | ✔ | Provide | Provide for its own runtime | ||
| Management UI | ✔ | Facilitate | Provide for its own runtime | ||
| Messaging & Events | ✔ | Provide | |||
| Notifications & Alerts | ✔ | Provide | |||
| Security | ✔ | Provide | Provide | ||
| Storage | ✔ | Provide | Provide (local virtual disks) |
Existing Projects by Deployment & Industry Verticals
| Deployment Type | Akraino | EdgeX | Glossary | Home Edge | Project EVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Devices (Edge Nodes) | ✔ | Support | Support | ||
| Customer Premises (DC and Edge Gateways) | ✔ | Support | Support | ||
| Telco Network Edge (MEC and Far-MEC) | ✔ | Possible | Possible | ||
| Telco CO & Regional | ✔ | ||||
| Cloud Edge & CDNs | ✔ | Possible | |||
| Public Cloud | ✔ | Possible | |||
| Private Cloud | ✔ | Possible |
| Directly applicable Industry/Verticals use cases | Akraino | EdgeX | Glossary | Home Edge | Project EVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive | ✔ | ||||
| Chemicals | ✔ | ||||
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| Facilities/(building automation??) | ✔ | ✔ | |||
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| Manufacturing | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Metal & Mining | ✔ | ||||
| Oil & Gas | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Pharma (additional health care??) | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Power & Utilities | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Pulp & Paper | ✔ | ||||
| Telco Operators (is this and below same??) | ✔ | ||||
| Telco/Communications Service Provider | ✔ | ||||
| Transportation (asset tracking versus supply chain vs preventative maint) | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Water Utilities | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Security/Surveillance | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Retail | ✔ | ✔ |
Deployments (static v dynamic, connectivity, physical placement)
| Use Cases | Akraino | EdgeX | Glossary | Home Edge | Project EVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed placement edge constellations (edge compute nodes in a relatively permanent location) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Gateways (to Cloud, to other placements) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Mobile deployments, static services, intermittent connectivity | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| NFV Infrastructure | ✔ | ||||
| On-demand events | ✔ | ||||
| Wearables | ✔ |
Compute Stack Layers and Cloud Stack Layers (architecture classification)
| Compute Stack Layers | Akraino | EdgeX | Glossary | Home Edge | Project EVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIs | ✔ | Provide | Provide | ||
| Applications | ✔ | Provide | |||
| Firmware | ✔ | ||||
| Hardware | ✔ | Require | |||
| Orchestration | ✔ | ?? | |||
| OS | ✔ | Require | |||
| VM/Containers | ✔ | Provide | Provide |
| Cloud Stack Layers | Akraino | EdgeX | Glossary | Home Edge | Project EVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications | ✔ | Provide (services can live in cloud layer) | |||
| Configuration (drive) | ✔ | ||||
| Content (management system) | ✔ | ||||
| IaaS | ✔ | Provide (at Edge but not cloud) | |||
| PaaS | ✔ | ||||
| Physical Infrastructure | ✔ | ||||
| SaaS | ✔ |