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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)
  • Fledge (FogLAMP) (June 27, 2019)
  • Home Edge (August 19, 2019)
  • OpenEdge (July 22, 2019)
  • Project EVE (June 3, 2019)

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

FunctionsAkrainoEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeOpenEdgeProject EVE
APIsProvideProvideProvide, Consume, Facilitate - Microcontroller Example - South Microservice (esp8266)ProvideProvideProvide
Cloud ConnectivityProvideProvideProvide, Consume and Facilitate - North repos, GCP, OSI-OMFIn FutureProvide, not only Baidu CloudProvide
Container Runtime & OrchestrationProvideConsumeConsume - (debian, rpm, docker, Project Eve)Consume -(Docker)ConsumeProvide for Edge Container
Data GovernanceNA
Provide and Facilitate - Auditing logs and asset tracking.In FutureProvide
Data ModelsProvide
Provide, Consume and FacilitateIn FutureN/AProvide for Edge Container (not app data)
Device ConnectivityProvideProvideProvide, Consume and FacilitateProvideProvide, MQTT protocolProvide (incl LTE, WiFi, serial)
Filters/Pre-processingProvideProvideProvide and FacilitateIn FutureProvide
LoggingProvideProvideConsumeIn FutureProvideProvide for its own runtime
Management UIProvideFacilitateProvide, Consume and FacilitateIn FutureProvide, not determined yetProvide for its own runtime
Messaging & EventsProvideProvideProvide, Consume and FacilitateIn FutureProvide
Notifications & AlertsProvideProvideProvide, Consume and FacilitateIn FutureProvide, under developing
SecurityProvideProvideProvide, Consume and FacilitateIn FutureProvideProvide
StorageProvideProvideProvide, Consume and Facilitate - BufferingProvideProvideProvide (local virtual disks)

Existing Projects by Deployment & Industry Verticals (Support, Possible, N/A; Add context as needed)

Deployment TypeAkrainoEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeOpenEdgeProject EVE
Customer Devices (Edge Nodes)SupportSupportSupportSupportSupportSupport
Customer Premises (DC and Edge Gateways)SupportSupportSupportSupportSupportSupport
Telco Network Edge (MEC and Far-MEC)SupportPossiblePossibleNASupportPossible
Telco CO & RegionalSupport
PossibleNASupport
Cloud Edge & CDNsSupportPossiblePossiblePossibleSupport
Public CloudSupportPossibleN/APossibleSupport
Private CloudSupportPossibleN/APossibleSupport

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

Directly applicable Industry/Verticals use casesAkrainoEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeOpenEdgeProject EVE
Automotive / Connected Car✔
X
✔
Chemicals
✔✔
X
Facilities / Building automation
✔✔✔✔✔
Consumer✔✔X
X
Manufacturing✔✔✔ - Production deployments
✔✔
Metal & Mining
✔✔ - PoCs
✔
Oil & Gas✔✔✔ - PoCs
✔✔
Pharma✔✔✔ - PoCs
X
Health Care

X
X
Power & Utilities✔✔✔ -  Production deployments✔✔✔
Pulp & Paper
✔✔
X
Telco Operators✔
X
✔
Telco/Communications Service Provider (Network Equipment Provider)✔
X
✔
Transportation (asset tracking)✔✔X
✔
Supply Chain
✔X
✔
Preventative Maintenance
✔✔ -  Production deployments (Not a vertical)
✔
Water Utilities
✔✔ - PoCs
X✔
Security / Surveillance
 ✔X        ✔✔✔
Retail / Commerce (physical point of sale with customers)
 ✔X
X✔
Other - Please add if not listed above (please notify TAC-subgroup@lists.lfedge.org when you add one)





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

Use CasesAkrainoEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeOpenEdgeProject EVE
Gateways (to Cloud, to other placements)✔✔✔✔✔✔
NFV Infrastructure✔
X
X
Stationary during their entire usable life / Fixed placement edge constellations / Assume you always have connectivity and you don't need to store & forward.✔✔X       ✔✔✔
Stationary during active periods, but nomadic between activations (e.g., fixed access) / Not always assumed to have connectivity. Don't expect to store & forward.✔✔X
✔✔
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.✔✔✔      ✔X✔

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

Compute Stack LayersAkrainoEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeOpenEdgeProject EVE
APIsProvideProvideProvideProvideProvideProvide
ApplicationsDeployedProvideProvide
Provide
FirmwareUpdate and Configure
Require
Provide, OS as a Firmware
HardwareProvision and ConfigureRequireRequireRequireRequireRequire
OrchestrationRequire
N/AProvideRequireProvide
OSRequireRequireRequireRequireProvideProvide
VM/ContainersRequireProvideRequireRequireRequire, vm is optionalProvide

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

Cloud Stack LayersAkrainoEdgeXFledgeHome EdgeOpenEdgeProject EVE
Applications✔Provide (services can live in cloud layer)N/A
Yes
Configuration (drive)✔
N/A
Yes
Content (management system)✔
N/A
Yes
IaaS✔
N/AProvide (at Edge but not cloud)NoProvide (at Edge but not cloud)
PaaS✔
N/A
Yes
Physical Infrastructure✔
N/A
No
SaaS✔
N/A
No
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