# US 12,604,264 B2 · Methods, architectures, apparatuses and systems for multiaccess edge computing applications on wireless transmit-receive units > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,264 B2 - Document ID: US12604264B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/290,395 - Filed: 2022-05-13 - Published: 2024-07-25 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-05-13 - Assignees: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. - Applicants: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. - Inventors: Carlos Jesus Bernardos; Alain Mourad; Antonio de la Oliva; Debashish Purkayastha - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604264B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/20: Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel - H04W 48/20: Selecting an access point - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L 67/55: Push-based network services - H04W 4/50: Service provisioning or reconfiguring - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)} - H04W 64/003: {locating network equipment} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Procedures, methods, architectures, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products are disclosed for Multi-access Edge Computing, MEC, applications on Wireless Transmit-Receive Units, WTRUs. WTRUs hosting constrained, or limited capability, MEC resources according to embodiments, may advertise MEC capabilities to other WTRUs or to a full MEC system. WTRUs may request instantiation, deletion of MEC applications instantiated for their benefit on other WTRUs hosting constrained MEC resources, or may request migration of a MEC application from one WTRU to another WTRU, for example to ensure Quality of Service, QoS, requirements for the MEC application. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, implemented by a first wireless transmit-receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: receiving configuration information from at least one second WTRU, the configuration information comprising, for each WTRU of the at least one second WTRU, an indication of one or more edge computing applications instantiable at the each WTRU; selecting, from the at least one second WTRU, and based on the configuration information, a second WTRU and an edge computing application instantiable on the selected second WTRU, the edge computing application satisfying at least one first quality of service (QOS) requirement of the first WTRU for instantiating edge computing applications; and transmitting, to the second WTRU, a request for instantiation of the edge computing application, the request for instantiation comprising at least one second QoS requirement parameter for instantiating the edge computing application at the second WTRU with a QoS according to the at least one first QoS requirement of the first WTRU. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising transmitting, to the at least one second WTRU, a request to receive the configuration information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising periodically receiving the configuration information from the at least one second WTRU. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one second QoS requirement parameter comprises at least one of: a requested application lifetime; and an indication of whether the application may be migrated or not, by the second WTRU, to a third WTRU. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information comprises any of: a duration of time relative to validity of the configuration information; a remaining battery lifetime of the second WTRU; and a geolocation of the second WTRU. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information comprises any of: an indication whether the second WTRU is attached to a reliable and available wireless (RAW) network; and an identifier of a RAW network the second WTRU is attached to. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information comprises an identifier of a reliable and available wireless (RAW) network the second WTRU is attached to, and wherein the at least one second QoS requirement parameter comprises at least one of: a wireless connectivity reliability requirement; and a wireless connectivity availability requirement. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the second WTRU, when instantiating the edge computing application, configures the RAW network, according to at least one of the wireless connectivity reliability requirement and the wireless connectivity availability requirement. ### Claim 9 A first wireless transmit-receive unit (WTRU) comprising at least one processor configured to: receive configuration information from at least one second WTRU, the configuration information comprising, for each WTRU of the at least one second WTRU, an indication of one or more edge computing applications instantiable at the each WTRU; select, from the at least one second WTRU, and based on the configuration information, a second WTRU and an edge computing application instantiable on the second WTRU, the edge computing application satisfying at least one first quality of service (QOS) requirement of the first WTRU for instantiating edge computing applications; and transmit, to the second WTRU, a request for instantiation of the edge computing application, the request for instantiation comprising at least one second QoS requirement parameter for instantiating the edge computing application at the second WTRU with a QoS according to the at least one first QoS requirement of the first WTRU. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The WTRU according to claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit, to the at least one second WTRU, a request to receive the configuration information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The WTRU according to claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is configured to periodically receive the configuration information from the at least one second WTRU. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The WTRU according to claim 9, wherein the at least one second QoS requirement parameter comprises at least one of: a requested application lifetime; and an indication whether the application may be migrated or not, by the second WTRU, to a third WTRU. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The WTRU according to claim 9, wherein the configuration information comprises any of: a duration of time relative to validity of the configuration information; a remaining battery lifetime of the second WTRU; and a geolocation of the second WTRU. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The WTRU according to claim 9, wherein the configuration information comprises any of: an indication of whether the second WTRU is attached to a reliable and available wireless (RAW) network; and an identifier of a RAW network the second WTRU is attached to. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The WTRU according to claim 9, wherein the configuration information comprises an identifier of a reliable and available wireless (RAW) network the second WTRU is attached to, and wherein the at least one second QoS requirement parameter comprises at least one of: a wireless connectivity reliability requirement; and a wireless connectivity availability requirement.