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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. The Glossary Project will further define the terminology as outlined below.


Last Updated:

  • Akraino (May 16, 2019)
  • EdgeX (June 3, 2019)
  • Home Edge
  • Project EVE (June 3, 2019)

Existing Projects by Function (Provide, Consume, Facilitate, or N/A; Add context as needed)

FunctionsAkrainoEdgeXHome EdgeProject EVE
APIs✔Provide
Provide
Cloud Connectivity✔Provide
Provide
Container Runtime & Orchestration✔Consume
Provide for Edge Container
Data Governance



Data Models✔

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 (Support, Possible, N/A; Add context as needed)

Deployment TypeAkrainoEdgeXHome EdgeProject 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

Existing Projects by Deployment & Industry Verticals (✔ or X; Add context as needed)

Directly applicable Industry/Verticals use casesAkrainoEdgeXHome EdgeProject EVE
Automotive / Connected Car✔


Chemicals
✔

Facilities / Building automation
✔
✔
Consumer✔✔

Manufacturing✔✔
✔
Metal & Mining
✔

Oil & Gas✔✔
✔
Pharma✔✔

Health Care



Power & Utilities✔✔
✔
Pulp & Paper
✔

Telco Operators✔


Telco/Communications Service Provider (Network Equipment Provider)✔


Transportation (asset tracking)✔✔

Supply Chain
✔

Preventative Maintenance
✔

Water Utilities
✔
✔
Security / Surveillance
 ✔
✔
Retail / Commerce (physical point of sale with customers)
 ✔
✔
Other - Please add if not listed above (please notify add-subgroup-email when you add one)



Deployments (static v dynamic, connectivity, physical placement) - (✔ or X; Add context as needed)

Use CasesAkrainoEdgeXHome EdgeProject EVE
Gateways (to Cloud, to other placements)✔✔
✔
NFV Infrastructure✔


On-demand events (pop-up event)✔


Stationary during their entire usable life / Fixed placement edge constellations / Assume you always have connectivity and you don't need to store & forward.✔✔
✔
Stationary during active periods, but nomadic between activations (e.g., fixed access) / Not always assumed to have connectivity. Don't expect to store & forward.✔✔
✔
Mobile within a constrained and well-defined space (e.g., in a factory) / Expect to have intermittent connectivity and store & forward.✔✔
✔
Fully mobile (To include: Wearables and Connected Vehicles) / Bursts of connectivity and always store & forward.✔✔
✔

Compute Stack Layers and Cloud Stack Layers (architecture classification) - (Provide, Require, or N/A; Add context as needed)

Compute Stack LayersAkrainoEdgeXHome EdgeProject EVE
APIs✔Provide
Provide
Applications✔Provide

Firmware✔


Hardware✔Require
Require
Orchestration✔

Provide
OS✔Require
Provide
VM/Containers✔Provide
Provide
Cloud Stack LayersAkrainoEdgeXHome EdgeProject 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✔


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