Autonomics at the Edge: Resource Orchestration for Edge Native Applications

With increasing availability of edge computing resources there is a need to develop edge orchestration and resource management techniques to support application resilience and performance. Similar to the use of containers and microservices for cloud environments, it is important to understand the key attributes that characterise “edge native” applications. As edge devices increase in their autonomy and intelligence, orchestration techniques are needed to respond to changes in device properties, availability, security credentials, migration and network connectivity protocols. Implementing autonomics techniques for edge computing can increase resilience of the interaction between devices and applications reducing execution time and cost. The use of autonomics at the network edge can address the complexity requirement of industrial workflows to overcome execution latency, data privacy and reliability constraints.