B.1 General

23.5583GPPArchitecture for enabling Edge ApplicationsRelease 18TS

This clause describes the relationship of edge computing service providers, PLMN operators, application service providers and users.

Figure B-1: Relationships involved in edge computing service

The end user is the consumer of the applications provided by the application service provider (ASP) and can have ASP service agreement with a single or multiple application service providers. The end user has a PLMN subscription arrangement with the PLMN operator. The UE used by the end user is allowed to be registered on the PLMN operator network.

The application service provider consumes the edge services (e.g. infrastructure, platform) provided by the edge computing service provider (ECSP) and can have edge computing service provider service agreement with a single or multiple edge computing service providers.

A single PLMN operator can have the PLMN operator service agreement with a single or multiple edge computing service providers.

A single ECSP can have PLMN operator service agreement with a single or multiple PLMN operators which provide edge computing support.

The edge computing service provider and the PLMN operator can be part of the same organization.