This topic provides answers to some commonly asked questions about what you need to know before you purchase Edge Node Service (ENS).

Which industries and usage scenarios does ENS apply to?

Wide industry coverage:

  • Real-time audio and video calls
  • Interactive online education
  • Probe and monitoring
  • SD-WAN
  • Gaming and application acceleration

Traffic localization:

  • Content delivery
  • Edge ingest of live streams
  • Network video surveillance
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Migration of IT facilities to the cloud

For more information, see Benefits.

How do I activate ENS?

You can log on to the ENS console and enter basic information about your business requirements, such as the business scenarios, computing power specifications, and distribution. The system evaluates user requirements and user levels in real time. The requirements of medium-level and high-level users are automatically reviewed by the system, and the requirements of other users are manually reviewed.