Telecommunication network edge cloud interworking via edge exchange point

A method comprising:

• transmitting, by a processing system of a cloud service provider to an edge exchange point, a request to allocate a first tag to communications between the cloud service provider and a first telecommunication network;
• obtaining, by the processing system, an acceptance of the request to allocate the first tag to the communications between the cloud service provider and the first telecommunication network;
• transmitting, by the processing system, a request to define at least a first action in the first telecommunication network associated with the first tag;
• obtaining an acceptance of the request to define the at least the first action;
• and
• transmitting a first packet containing the first tag to the first telecommunication network via the edge exchange point.

A method comprising:

• obtaining, from a first cloud service provider by a processing system of a telecommunication network, a request to define at least a first action in the telecommunication network associated with a first tag;
• transmitting, by the processing system to the first cloud service provider, an acceptance of the request to define the at least the first action;
• obtaining, by the processing system from the first cloud service provider via an edge exchange point, a first packet containing the first tag;
• and
• performing, by the processing system, the at least the first action associated with the first tag, in response to obtaining the first packet containing the first tag.