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> **_NEW!_**  --  Reaching out to the team is now easier than ever:  -- just initiate a [discussion](https://github.com/InterDigitalInc/AdvantEDGE/discussions)

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AdvantEDGE is a Mobile Edge Emulation Platform (MEEP) that runs on Docker & Kubernetes.
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AdvantEDGE provides an emulation environment, enabling experimentation with Edge Computing Technologies, Applications, and Services.  The platform facilitates exploring edge / fog deployment models and their impact on applications and services in short and agile iterations.
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## Motivation
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- [x] **Accelerate Mobile Edge Computing adoption**
- [x] **Help Discover new edge application use cases & services**
- [x] **Help answer questions such as:**
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  - Where should my application components be located in the edge network?
  - How do network characteristics (such as latency, jitter, and packet loss) impact my application or service?
  - How will my application behave when the user moves within and across access networks?
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## Getting Started
Complete AdvantEDGE documentation is available in the [AdvantEDGE Wiki](https://github.com/InterDigitalInc/AdvantEDGE/wiki)
To get started using AdvantEDGE, the following steps are needed:
- Set up runtime environment (Ubuntu/Dockers/Kubernetes/Helm)
- Clone AdvantEDGE repo
- Install & Configure meepctl tool
- Deploy AdvantEDGE micro-services

Step-by-step details are available in the [Wiki](https://github.com/InterDigitalInc/AdvantEDGE/wiki#getting-started)
## How to Contribute
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As of June 2020, we can accept contributions to the project.
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If you like this project and would like to participate in its evolution, you can find information on contributing [here](https://github.com/InterDigitalInc/AdvantEDGE/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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We still welcome feedback and improvement suggestions via Git issue in the repo for bugs or request enhancements.
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Hope to hear from you...
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## Licensing
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AdvantEDGE is licensed under under the [Apache License, Version 2.0](https://github.com/InterDigitalInc/AdvantEDGE/blob/master/LICENSE)