Method and system for scheduling multi-access edge computing resources

A method, comprising:

• storing, in a memory of a first network device of a first multi-access edge computing (MEC) cluster of multiple MEC clusters, threshold values indicating overload conditions and priority workload rules for resource usage by the first MEC cluster,
• wherein the priority workload rules designate static priority levels for different types of traffic and different threshold values for each designated static priority level, and
• wherein the priority workload rules are the same at other network devices in the multiple MEC clusters;
• monitoring, by the first network device, resource usage in the first MEC cluster;
• assigning priority levels to different incoming workloads, based on the priority workload rules;
• determining, by the first network device and based on the monitoring, when a resource usage reaches one of the threshold values for one of the priority levels;
• identifying, by the first network device and from the other network devices, available resources in the multiple other MEC clusters;
• selecting, by the first network device, a second MEC cluster, of the multiple other MEC clusters, to offload a local workload, wherein the selecting is based on the priority workload rules;
• and
• redirecting, by the first network device and based on the identifying, at least some of the resource usage associated with workloads associated with a threshold that has been reached from the first MEC cluster to the second MEC cluster.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage media storing instructions executable by one or more processors of one or more devices, which when executed cause the one or more devices to:

• store, in a memory, threshold values indicating overload conditions and priority workload rules for resource usage by a first multi-access edge computing (MEC) cluster of multiple MEC clusters,
• wherein the priority workload rules designate static priority levels for different types of traffic and different threshold values for each designated static priority level, and
• wherein the priority workload rules are the same at other network devices in the multiple MEC clusters;
• monitor resource usage in the first MEC cluster;
• assign priority levels to different incoming workloads, based on the priority workload rules;
• determine, based on the monitoring, when a resource usage reaches one of the threshold values for one of the priority levels;
• identify available resources in the multiple other MEC clusters;
• select a second MEC cluster, of the multiple other MEC clusters, to offload a local workload, wherein the selecting is based on the priority workload rules;
• and
• redirect, based on the identifying, at least some of the resource usage associated with workloads associated with a threshold that has been reached from the first MEC cluster to the second MEC cluster.