Dynamically placing an internet protocol anchor point based on a user device and/or an application

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive information indicating that a user device is utilizing an application associated with a network;
• determine whether the application is a low latency application or a best effort application;
• designate a first network device of the network or a second network device of the network as a designated network device to be an Internet protocol (IP) anchor point for the application based on a set of rules and based on determining whether the application is the low latency application or the best effort application,
• the first network device being designated as the designated network device to be the IP anchor point for the application when the application is the low latency application, or
• the second network device being designated as the designated network device to be the IP anchor point for the application when the application is the best effort application,
• wherein the set of rules includes two one or more of:
• a rule indicating that the IP anchor point is to be as close to the user device as possible,
• a rule indicating that the IP anchor point is to include a threshold amount of processing resources and memory resources,
• a rule indicating that the IP anchor point is to be associated with a serving base station,
• a rule indicating a timing advance distance between the IP anchor point and the user device, or
• a rule indicating an operational pathloss between the IP anchor point and the user device, and
• the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to designate the first network device as the designated network device, cause the one or more processors to:
• apply a weight to each rule, of the set of rules, to generate a weighted set of rules,
• determine scores for a plurality of first network devices based on the weighted set of rules, and
• select the first network device, from the plurality of first network devices, based on a score for the first network device being greater than scores associated with one or more other network devices from the scores for the plurality of first network devices;
• provide, to the user device, information informing the user device that the designated network device is to be the IP anchor point for the application;
• and
• provide, to the network, information instructing the network to utilize the designated network device as the IP anchor point for the application to permit the user device to utilize the designated network device as the IP anchor point for the application.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a device, information indicating that a user device is utilizing an application associated with a network;
• determining, by the device, whether the application is a low latency application or a best effort application;
• designating, by the device, a first network device of the network or a second network device of the network as a designated network device to be an Internet protocol (IP) anchor point for the application based on a set of rules and based on determining whether the application is the low latency application or the best effort application,
• the first network device being designated as the designated network device to be the IP anchor point for the application when the application is the low latency application, or
• the second network device being designated as the designated network device to be the IP anchor point for the application when the application is the best effort application,
• wherein the set of rules includes two one or more of:
• a rule indicating that the IP anchor point is to be as close to the user device as possible,
• a rule indicating that the IP anchor point is to include a threshold amount of processing resources and memory resources,
• a rule indicating that the IP anchor point is to be associated with a serving base station,
• a rule indicating a timing advance distance between the IP anchor point and the user device, or
• a rule indicating an operational pathloss between the IP anchor point and the user device, and
• designating the first network device as the designated network device comprising:
• applying a weight to each rule, of the set of rules, to generate a weighted set of rules,
• determining scores for a plurality of first network devices based on the weighted set of rules, and
• selecting the first network device, from the plurality of first network devices, based on a score for the first network device being greater than scores associated with one or more other network devices from the scores for the plurality of first network devices;
• providing, by the device and to the user device, information informing the user device that the designated network device is to be the IP anchor point for the application;
• and
• providing, by the device and to the network, information instructing the network to utilize the designated network device as the IP anchor point for the application to permit the user device to utilize the designated network device as the IP anchor point for the application.