# US 12,225,076 B2 · Method and apparatus for computing network edge, device, and medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,076 B2 - Document ID: US12225076B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/761,707 - Filed: 2020-08-26 - Published: 2022-12-08 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-19 - Assignees: Guizhou Baishancloud Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Guizhou Baishancloud Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chuang Chen; Hui Miao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225076B2 ## CPC - H04L 45/74: Address processing for routing - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04L 67/1004: Server selection for load balancing - H04L 67/53: using third party service providers - H04L 67/60: Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources (admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70) - H04L 67/63: Routing a service request depending on the request content or context - H04L 61/5007: Internet protocol [IP] addresses - H04L 67/1097: for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] - H04L 2101/663: Transport layer addresses, e.g. aspects of transmission control protocol [TCP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] ports - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A network edge computing method includes receiving, by an edge data node, a service request; and routing, by the edge data node and according to a virtual IP address and port information in the service request, the service request to one or more containers corresponding to a service, to be processed by the one or more containers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A network edge computing method comprising: receiving, by an edge data node, a service request; routing, by the edge data node and according to a virtual IP address and port information in the service request, the service request to one or more containers corresponding to a service, to be processed by the one or more containers; and transmitting the virtual IP address and the port information in advance to an initiator of the service request or a third party trusted by the initiator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein routing the service request to the one or more containers includes: querying a mapping relationship among public ports, virtual IP addresses, and port information corresponding to services of the edge data node, to search for a public port corresponding to the virtual IP address and the port information in the service request, and sending the service request to the public port; and after receiving the service request, routing, by the public port and according to a load balancing mechanism, the service request to the one or more containers corresponding to the service. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein: the edge data node belongs to an edge data node cluster corresponding to the virtual IP address and the port information; or the edge data node belongs to an edge data node cluster selected based on a load balancing strategy and corresponding to the virtual IP address and the port information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the service request includes at least one of a TCP request or a UDP request. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, further comprising, before receiving the service request: receiving, by the edge data node, a service create request, the service create request including container configuration information of the service to be created; and creating, by the edge data node and according to the container configuration information, containers corresponding to the service on servers in the edge data node. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the container configuration information includes at least one of: a number of containers, container-use resource information, or a container image address. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein creating the containers includes: selecting, by the edge data node and according to the container-use resource information, a plurality of servers having available resources meeting the container-use resource information; and creating the containers corresponding to the service according to the container image address on the servers selected. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, further comprising: configuring, by the edge data node, a corresponding public port for each of the containers using public ports pre-configured and corresponding to the virtual IP address and the port information of the service; wherein the virtual IP address and the port information of the service pre-configured and the public port corresponding to the virtual IP address and the port information are issued by a management center to the edge data node, or autonomously configured by the edge data node. ### Claim 9 A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that, when executed, implements a network edge computing method comprising: receiving, by an edge data node, a service request; routing, by the edge data node and according to a virtual IP address and port information in the service request, the service request to one or more containers corresponding to a service, to be processed by the one or more containers; and transmitting the virtual IP address and the port information in advance to an initiator of the service request or a third party trusted by the initiator. ### Claim 10 A computer device comprising: a processor; and a memory storing a computer program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive a service request; route, according to a virtual IP address and port information in the service request, the service request to one or more containers corresponding to a service, to be processed by the one or more containers; and transmit the virtual IP address and the port information in advance to an initiator of the service request or a third party trusted by the initiator. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computer device according to claim 10, wherein the computer program further causes the processor to: query a mapping relationship among public ports, virtual IP addresses, and port information corresponding to services of the edge data node, to search for a public port corresponding to the virtual IP address and the port information in the service request, and send the service request to the public port; and control the public port to, after receiving the service request and according to a load balancing mechanism, route the service request to the one or more containers corresponding to the service. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The computer device according to claim 10, wherein: the edge data node belongs to an edge data node cluster corresponding to the virtual IP address and the port information; or the edge data node belongs to an edge data node cluster selected based on a load balancing strategy and corresponding to the virtual IP address and the port information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The computer device according to claim 10, wherein the service request includes at least one of a TCP request or a UDP request. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer device according to claim 13, wherein the computer program further causes the processor to, before receiving the service request: receive, by the edge data node, a service create request, the service create request including container configuration information of the service to be created; and create, by the edge data node and according to the container configuration information, containers corresponding to the service on servers in the edge data node. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computer device according to claim 14, wherein the container configuration information includes at least one of: a number of containers, container-use resource information, or a container image address. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer device according to claim 15, wherein the computer program further causes the processor to: select, and according to the container-use resource information, a plurality of servers having available resources meeting the container-use resource information; and create the containers corresponding to the service according to the container image address on the servers selected. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The computer device according to claim 14, wherein: the computer program further causes the processor to configure a corresponding public port for each of the containers using public ports pre-configured and corresponding to the virtual IP address and the port information of the service; and the virtual IP address and the port information of the service pre-configured and the public port corresponding to the virtual IP address and the port information are issued by a management center to the edge data node, or autonomously configured by the edge data node.