# US 11,310,642 B2 · Facilitation of dynamic edge computations for 6G or other next generation network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,642 B2 - Document ID: US11310642B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/039,144 - Filed: 2020-09-30 - Published: 2021-08-26 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-26 - Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.; AT&T Mobility II LLC - Applicants: AT&T Mobility II LLC; AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Inventors: Sangar Dowlatkhah; Zhi Cui; Paul Smith, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310642B2 ## CPC - H04L 47/765: triggered by the end-points - H04W 4/50: Service provisioning or reconfiguring - G06F 1/3203: Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode - G06F 1/3209: Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections - G06F 1/3228: Monitoring task completion, e.g. by use of idle timers, stop commands or wait commands - H04L 47/783: Distributed allocation of resources, e.g. bandwidth brokers - H04L 47/803: {Application aware} - H04L 47/824: {Applicable to portable or mobile terminals} - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals} - H04W 8/20: Transfer of user or subscriber data - H04W 28/0221: {power availability or consumption} - H04B 7/0413: MIMO systems - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract Peripheral devices such as wearables can link to mobile devices to access network elements. These peripheral devices can comprise a communication part and a processing part. Each of these parts, specially the processing part of the next item in a communication chain, can be multiple times larger and stronger than the previous linked item. For instance, the peripheral device can be connected to the mobile device which can be in line connected to an NodeB device. Because the processing power of mobile device can be several times stronger than the peripheral, a mobile edge computing platform and a multi-access application function facilitate sharing of processing power capabilities between the peripheral devices, mobile devices, and/or the NodeB devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: receiving, from a user equipment by first network equipment comprising a processor, request data representative of a request for a processing resource; in response to receiving the request data, transmitting, by the first network equipment, the request data to second network equipment to fulfill the request for the processing resource; and in response to receiving the processing resource, transmitting, by the first network equipment, the processing resource to the user equipment. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the request data representative of the request for the processing resource is in response to the user equipment initiating a mobile application. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: in response to transmitting the request data, receiving, by the first network equipment, the processing resource from a server device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the request data is received via a control message sent from the user equipment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the processing resource is additional power to be added to a processing capability of the user equipment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user equipment is a first user equipment, and wherein the second network equipment is accessed via a second user equipment. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: in response to receiving the request data, generating, by the first network equipment, requirement data representative of an amount of the processing resource to be allocated to the user equipment. ### Claim 8 A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: receiving control message data representative of a control message indicating that a user equipment is initiating a process; in response to receiving the control message data, transmitting the control message data to network equipment to fulfill a request for a processing capability applicable to the process; and in response to receiving the processing capability facilitating performance of the process for the user equipment. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the processing capability is an increase in power to perform the process. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise: transmitting the control message data to the network equipment. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein the operations further comprise: in response to transmitting the control message data to the network equipment, receiving processing capabilities from the network equipment. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise: in response to receiving the processing capabilities from the network equipment, aggregating capabilities from the network equipment to fulfill the request for the processing capability. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the processing capability is received from a server of the network equipment. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the control message data is sent to a virtual machine device associated with a server. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: receiving control message data representative of a control message indicating that a mobile device is initiating a process; in response to receiving the control message data, transmitting the control message data to network equipment to fulfill a request for a processing capability for the process; and in response to receiving the processing capability, facilitating performance of the process on behalf of the mobile device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: in response to transmitting the control message data, receiving the processing capability, wherein the processing capability is a processing speed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the processing capability comprises processing speed functionalities from the network equipment. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: aggregating processing speed functionalities to fulfill the request for the processing capability. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein initiating the process is associated with a subscriber application of the mobile device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the process is performed in response to the request for the processing capability being fulfilled.