Allocation of content to mobile edge node caches
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorNobin Mathew
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Abstract
A computing device in a wireless communications network identifies content to be transmitted to a mobile device in the wireless communications network. The computing device also determines mobile edge nodes that serve radio coverage areas at different positions along a path that the mobile device is expected to take while receiving the content. Further, the computing device allocates, for storage in respective caches of the mobile edge nodes, different portions of the content that are expected to be served by different mobile edge nodes as the mobile device moves along the path.
Claims21
A method, implemented in a computing device in a wireless communications network, the method comprising:
- identifying content to be transmitted to a mobile device in the wireless communications network;
- determining mobile edge nodes that serve radio coverage areas at different positions along a path that the mobile device is expected to take while receiving the content;
- and
- allocating for storage in respective caches of the mobile edge nodes different portions of the content that are expected to be served by different mobile edge nodes as the mobile device moves along the path.
A computing device in a wireless communications network, the computing device comprising:
- a processor and a memory, the memory containing instructions executable by the processor whereby the computing device is configured to:
- identify content to be transmitted to a mobile device in the wireless communications network;
- determine mobile edge nodes that serve radio coverage areas at different positions along a path that the mobile device is expected to take while receiving the content;
- and
- allocate for storage in respective caches of the mobile edge nodes different portions of the content that are expected to be served by different mobile edge nodes as the mobile device moves along the path.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program product for controlling a programmable computing device in a wireless communications network, the computer program product comprising software instructions that, when executed by the programmable computing device, cause the programmable computing device to:
- identify content to be transmitted to a mobile device in the wireless communications network;
- determine mobile edge nodes that serve radio coverage areas at different positions along a path that the mobile device is expected to take while receiving the content;
- and
- allocate for storage in respective caches of the mobile edge nodes different portions of the content that are expected to be served by different mobile edge nodes as the mobile device moves along the path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.