DNS Does Not Suffice for MEC-CDN

Abstract

Mobile edge computing (MEC) can transform mobile networks into a new infrastructure tier for services requiring low response times, such as those providing content to emerging AR/VR, autonomous driving, and other types of applications. To be successful, the CDNs operating in this MEC infrastructure tier-MEC-CDNs-will need to ensure end user applications gain access to a cache server in a fast and accurate manner. This paper sheds light on the challenges that the current mobile DNS architecture poses toward achieving this goal, and presents ideas on how to re-architect the existing DNS architecture to enable CDNs to provide low-latency content delivery from the edge. CCS CONCEPTS • Networks → Mobile networks; • Computer systems organization → Distributed architectures.