Edge cloud resource allocation using hints from network providers
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsAbhigyan Sharma Abhigyan, Aleksandr Zelezniak, Kaustubh Joshi
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network API service that receives network event data and provides performance hints to a resource manager that manages application containers at edge cloud locations. Network event data may be received from access networks, core networks, nodes within access networks or core networks, or the like. Performance hints may allow booting of application containers at edge cloud locations. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- registering a network application programming interface (API) with a communications network;
- receiving network event data at the network API from a first plurality of network elements within a core network within the communication network;
- receiving the network event data at the network API from a second plurality of network elements from an access network within the communication network;
- and
- in response to the network event data, providing, via the network API, a response indicative of performance hints based on the network event data,
- wherein the performance hints include identification of edge cloud locations at which an application container is available for commands.
A method comprising:
- registering, by a processing system including a processor, a network application programming interface (API) with a communications network;
- receiving, by the processing system, network event data at the network API from a core network within the communication network;
- receiving, by the processing system, the network event data at the network API from an access network within the communication network;
- and
- in response to the network event data, providing, by the processing system, via the network API, a response indicative of performance hints based on the network event data,
- wherein the performance hints include actions or commands that enhance performance of edge cloud entities.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- registering a network application programming interface (API) with a communications network;
- receiving network event data at the network API from a core network within the communication network;
- receiving the network event data at the network API from an access network within the communication network;
- and
- in response to the network event data, providing, by the processing system, via the network API, a response indicative of performance hints based on the network event data,
- wherein the performance hints include actions or commands that enhance performance of edge cloud entities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.