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
Existing Projects by Function
| Functions | Akraino | EdgeX | Glossary | Home Edge | Project EVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIs | ✔✔ | Provide | |||
| Cloud Connectivity | ✔✔ | Provide | |||
| Container Runtime & Orchestration | ✔✔ | Consume | ?? - need to split? | ||
| Data Governance | |||||
| Data Models | ✔ | ?? - how to split | |||
| Device Connectivity | ✔✔ | Provide | |||
| Filters/Pre-processing | ✔✔ | Provide | |||
| Logging | ✔✔ | Provide | |||
| Management UI | ✔ | Facilitate | |||
| Messaging & Events | ✔✔ | Provide | |||
| Notifications & Alerts | ✔✔ | Provide | |||
| Security | ✔✔ | Provide | |||
| Storage | ✔✔ | Provide |
Existing Projects by Deployment & Industry Verticals
| Deployment Type | Akraino | EdgeX | Glossary | Home Edge | Project EVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Devices (Edge Nodes) | ✔✔ | Support | |||
| Customer Premises (DC and Edge Gateways) | ✔✔ | Support | |||
| Telco Network Edge (MEC and Far-MEC) | ✔ | Possible | |||
| Telco CO & Regional | ✔ | ||||
| Cloud Edge & CDNs | ✔✔ | Possible | |||
| Public Cloud | ✔✔ | Possible | |||
| Private Cloud | ✔✔ | Possible |
| Directly applicable Industry/Verticals 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 | |||
| Applications | ✔✔ | Provide | |||
| Firmware | ✔ | ||||
| Hardware | ✔ | Require | |||
| Orchestration | ✔ | ||||
| OS | ✔ | Require | |||
| VM/Containers | ✔✔ | 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 | ✔ |