US 11,924,109 B2 · Edge computing service provision based on local cost measurements

Abstract

Embodiments herein may include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media, for a multi-access edge computing (MEC) system. An apparatus for MEC may include a communication interface, a local cost measurements module, and a service allocation module. The communication interface may receive, from a UE, a request for a service to be provided to the UE. The local cost measurements module may collect a set of local cost measurements for the service. The service allocation module may determine to allocate the service to a MEC host based on an allocation policy related to a cost for the MEC host to provide the service or a cost for a service provider to provide the service in view of the one or more local cost measurements. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

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Dependent claims

A method of coordinating services in an edge computing system, the method comprising:

causing a request to be transmitted to at least one network entity to report a cost measurement for providing a service, the service provided in the edge computing system from a service provider to a user equipment (UE), wherein the at least one network entity is provided from among:
the UE, an access point along a path from the UE to the service provider, a service host along the path from the UE to the service provider, or the service provider;
identifying the cost measurement from a response to the request, wherein the response to the request includes at least one cost measurement provided from the at least one network entity;
determining a change to the service with the at least one network entity, based on the at least one cost measurement;
and
causing the change to the service to be implemented in the edge computing system.

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At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereupon, which when executed by processing circuitry of a computing system, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations in an edge computing system that:

cause a request to be transmitted to at least one network entity to report a cost measurement for providing a service, the service provided in the edge computing system from a service provider to a user equipment (UE), wherein the at least one network entity is provided from among:
the UE, an access point along a path from the UE to the service provider, a service host along the path from the UE to the service provider, or the service provider;
identify the cost measurement from a response to the request, wherein the response to the request includes at least one cost measurement provided from the at least one network entity;
determine a change to the service with the at least one network entity, based on the at least one cost measurement;
and
cause the change to the service to be implemented in the edge computing system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Edge computing service provision based on local cost measurements

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