Giving Your Home an Edge [The Art of Storage]

Abstract

The Internet of Things and future high-speed wireless networks (such as 5G) are enabling the generation of more data in our homes and in the infrastructure around us than have been created during the entire history of humanity. This will lead to more communication and the use of cloud-based computing, networking, and storage resources [1]. Another impact is the growth of data at the edge of networks. This idea of the edge is rather nebulous; it could refer to computing, networking, and storage/memory at a 5G-enabled cell tower, and it might even describe a gateway and other networked devices in the home. Thus, your home could be at the edge of a network.