Multi-access edge computing, MEC, system and method for operating the same

A multi-access edge computing (MEC) system, comprising:

• a physical infrastructure of a physical infrastructure provider,
• a plurality of MEC providers that are enabled to become tenants of the physical infrastructure provider by getting allocated network, computing and/or storage resources of the physical infrastructure to obtain their own MEC slices,
• wherein each of the MEC providers is configured to deploy its respective MEC slice to install and run distinct tenant MEC stacks, wherein each tenant MEC stack includes a MEC platform for installation of the respective tenant's MEC applications and/or services,
• wherein two or more of the MEC providers of the plurality of MEC providers are configured to establish an agreement among each other that defines mutual access policies between the two or more of the MEC providers of the agreement, wherein the access policies specify which of the MEC platforms and which of the MEC applications and/or services running on the MEC platforms are allowed to be exposed among each other and/or to other tenants,
• communication means for provisioning the MEC platforms with appropriate configurations in accordance with the access policies of the agreement, and
• at least one of a tenant MEC stack or a MEC orchestrator that interfaces with the tenant MEC stack being configured to execute a discovery process for discovering one of the MEC platforms within one of the MEC stacks of one of the other tenants and to establish a communication link with the other tenant's MEC platform.