MEC Middlebox Solution
We propose a middlebox approach for the MEC platform deployment in 4G LTE networks. It is standard-compliant and transparent to existing cellular network components, so they need not be modified. The platform sits on the S1 interface, which connects an LTE base station to its core network, and does traffic filtering, manipulation and forwarding. Such middlebox approach has low deployment cost and is easy to install. We have confirmed its viability on both OAI-based and commercial LTE platforms. Please give it a try!!
Reference: Mobile Edge Computing Platform Deployment in 4G LTE Networks: A Middlebox
Approach Chi-Yu Li, Hsueh-Yang Liu, Po-Hao Huang, Hsu-Tung Chien, Guan-Hua Tu, Pei-Yuan Hong, Ying-Dar Lin
USENIX HotEdge'18 [Link]
Recent releases
Sept. 5, 2019 (version 1.0.1)
New: supporting traffic engineering of GTP tunnels in the kernel space
Nov. 1, 2018 (version 1.0.0)
Initial version of the MEC-middlebx prototype including four main components: proxy ARP, traffic engineering of GTP tunnels, DNS redirection, and stateful tracking
Getting Started
Step 1: Download and install OAI RAN and EPC
Download OAI source and installation guide here.Note:We use the following development branches for EPC and RAN:
EPC: SHA = 724542d0b59797b010af8c5df15af7f669c1e838
RAN: SHA = 67df8e0e7b46200b2ee43a2705def3340ddfd719
Step 2: Download and install MEC-middlebox
Download MEC-middlebox source.News
- Sept. 24, 2020: Future tech award at Taiwan innotech Expo.
- Sept. 5, 2019: New release for version 1.0.1.
- Aug. 26, 2019: Best Demo Award at MC 2019.
Contact Us
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You are very welcome to report bugs, ask questions, or/and request supports.
If there are any, please contact us via helpalternate_emailnems.cs.nycu.edu.tw