MEC-based distributed computing environment with multiple edge hosts and user devices

An apparatus of a service coordinating entity in a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) system, comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• and
• a memory device including instructions embodied thereon, wherein the instructions, which when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the processing circuitry to perform operations to:
• instantiate a first Multiple Application Context based on a request from a device application, the first Multiple Application Context including a MEC application of a first MEC host and a data structure with at least one configuration of the device application, the MEC application providing a service of the first Multiple Application Context consumed by the device application;
• detect a computing device associated with the device application is moving outside a coverage area of the first MEC host to a coverage area of a second MEC host;
• and
• encode a request for transmission to the second MEC host, the request causing the second MEC host to provide the service using a second Multiple Application Context with the at least one configuration of the device application when the computing device is outside the coverage area of the first MEC host.