Methods and Systems for Intelligent Distribution of Workloads to Multi-Access Edge Compute Nodes on a Communication Network

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:
• receive a task assignment request generated by a user equipment (UE) device communicatively coupled to a communication network, the task assignment request associated with an edge compute task that is to be performed in furtherance of an application executing on the UE device;
• access node characterization data representative of characteristics of a set of edge compute nodes that are communicatively coupled with the system in the communication network;
• manage a node selection policy configured to facilitate a balancing of node performance and node efficiency for edge computing tasks that are to be assigned to be performed by particular edge compute nodes in the set of edge compute nodes;
• select, from the set of edge compute nodes, an edge compute node for performance of the edge compute task, the selecting performed
• in response to the received task assignment request,
• based on the accessed node characterization data, and
• in accordance with the node selection policy;
• and
• assign the edge compute task to be performed by the selected edge compute node.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, direct a processor of an edge compute orchestration system to:

• receive a task assignment request generated by a user equipment (UE) device communicatively coupled to a communication network, the task assignment request associated with an edge compute task that is to be performed in furtherance of an application executing on the UE device;
• access node characterization data representative of characteristics of a set of edge compute nodes that are communicatively coupled with the edge compute orchestration system in the communication network;
• manage a node selection policy configured to facilitate a balancing of node performance and node efficiency for edge computing tasks that are to be assigned to be performed by particular edge compute nodes in the set of edge compute nodes;
• select, from the set of edge compute nodes, an edge compute node for performance of the edge compute task, the selecting performed
• in response to the received task assignment request,
• based on the accessed node characterization data, and
• in accordance with the node selection policy;
• and
• assign the edge compute task to be performed by the selected edge compute node.