Application instance address translation method and apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsAijin Jin, Fengyu Zhang, Yan Wang
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Abstract
This application discloses example application instance address translation methods. One example method includes receiving, by a control plane device from a mobile edge cloud control device, an address of a target application instance of an application service accessed by a terminal. The control plane device can then send the address of the target application instance to a first user plane device. The control plane device can then instruct the first user plane device to set, as the address of the target application instance, a destination address of an uplink packet that is of the terminal and is associated with the application service.
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An application instance address translation method, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving, by a control plane device from a mobile edge cloud control device, an address of a target application instance of an application service accessed by a terminal;
- sending, by the control plane device, the address of the target application instance to a first user plane device;
- and
- instructing, by the control plane device, the first user plane device to set, as the address of the target application instance, a destination address of an uplink packet that is of the terminal and is associated with the application service.
An application instance address translation method, wherein the method comprises:
- determining, by a mobile edge cloud control device, a target application instance of an application service accessed by a terminal;
- obtaining, by the mobile edge cloud control device, an address of the target application instance;
- sending, by the mobile edge cloud control device, the address of the target application instance to a control plane device;
- sending, by the control plane device, the address of the target application instance to a first user plane device;
- and
- instructing, by the control plane device, the first user plane device to set, as the address of the target application instance, a destination address of an uplink packet that is of the terminal and is associated with the application service.
An application instance address translation apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a receiver;
- a transmitter;
- at least one processor;
- and
- one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to:
- receive, by the receiver, an address of a target application instance of an application service accessed by a terminal from a mobile edge cloud control device;
- send, by the transmitter, the address of the target application instance to a first user plane device;
- and
- instruct, via the transmitter, the first user plane device to set, as the address of the target application instance, a destination address of an uplink packet that is of the terminal and is associated with the application service.
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