Systems and methods for regional assignment of multi-access edge computing resources

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a network device in multi-access edge computing (MEC) cluster, an application service request for MEC services, wherein the application service request is directed to the MEC cluster from a user equipment (UE) device outside a regional service area of the MEC cluster;
• determining, by the network device, if service level requirements for the application service request can be met by the MEC cluster, wherein the determining includes dynamically updating available resources of the MEC cluster;
• submitting, by the network device and to a network, a query for a different MEC cluster in another regional service area when the service level requirements for the application service request cannot be met by the MEC cluster;
• receiving, by the network device and from the network, transfer instructions to direct the application service request to the different MEC cluster;
• establishing, by the network device, a connection with the different MEC cluster to transfer data;
• and
• transferring, by the network device and to the different MEC cluster, customer data to support the application service request.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processor, the computer-readable medium comprising the instructions for:

• receiving, by a network device in multi-access edge computing (MEC) cluster, an application service request for MEC services, wherein the application service request is directed to the MEC cluster from a user equipment (UE) device outside a regional service area of the MEC cluster;
• determining, by the network device, if service level requirements for the application service request can be met by the MEC cluster, wherein the determining includes dynamically updating available resources of the MEC cluster;
• submitting, by the network device and to a network, a query for a different MEC cluster in another regional service area when the service level requirements for the application service request cannot be met by the MEC cluster;
• receiving, by the network device and from the network, transfer instructions to direct the application service request to the different MEC cluster;
• establishing, by the network device, a connection with the different MEC cluster to transfer data;
• and
• transferring, by the network device and to the different MEC cluster, customer data to support the application service request.