Mapping Network Topology for Latency Sensitive Applications in a Mobile network

A machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• enabling each of a plurality of mobile devices operating on a communication network to perform a latency test to obtain first latency test data;
• determining an edge latency for each of the plurality of mobile devices according to the first latency test data, resulting in a plurality of edge latencies;
• identifying a group of mobile device clusters in the plurality of mobile devices, according to the plurality of edge latencies;
• identifying edge server locations for a plurality of network edge servers according to the group of mobile device clusters;
• receiving second latency test data from each of the plurality of network edge servers;
• determining a data center latency for each of the plurality of network edge servers according to the second latency test data, resulting in a plurality of data center latencies;
• identifying a data center location for a data center according to the plurality of data center latencies;
• and
• determining a network topology for the communication network, the network topology including the data center location and the edge server locations.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a processing system including a processor, first latency test data from each of a plurality of mobile devices operating on a communication network;
• determining, by the processing system, an edge latency for each of the plurality of mobile devices according to the first latency test data, resulting in a plurality of edge latencies;
• identifying, by the processing system, a group of mobile device clusters in the plurality of mobile devices according to the plurality of edge latencies by performing a machine learning clustering technique;
• identifying, by the processing system, edge server locations for a plurality of network edge servers according to the group of mobile device clusters;
• receiving, by the processing system, second latency test data from each of the plurality of network edge servers;
• determining, by the processing system, a data center latency for each of the plurality of network edge servers according to the second latency test data, resulting in a plurality of data center latencies;
• identifying, by the processing system, a data center location for a data center according to the plurality of data center latencies;
• and
• determining, by the processing system, a network topology for the communication network, the network topology including the data center location and the edge server locations.