Managing task offloading to edge servers in a multi-access edge computing, mec, system
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsAntonio Albanese, Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Xavier Costa-Perez
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Abstract
A method of managing task offloading to edge servers in a multi-access edge computing (MEC) system includes receiving, by a task broker implemented at a host management level of the MEC system, a task offloading request from a UE application, analyzing, by the task broker, resource requirements of a task of the task offloading request and running a forecasting mechanism that determines whether the task offloading request will eventually be dropped or not by a system management level of the MEC system. The task broker, based on the determination of the forecasting mechanism, either rejects or provisionally admits the task offloading request.
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A method of managing task offloading to edge servers in a multi-access edge computing (MEC) system, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a task broker implemented at a host management level of the MEC system, a task offloading request from a UE application;
- analyzing, by the task broke, resource requirements of a task of the task offloading request and running a forecasting mechanism that determines whether the task offloading request will eventually be dropped or not by a system management level of the MEC system;
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- by the task broker based on the determination of the forecasting mechanism, either rejecting or provisionally admitting the task offloading request.
A multi-access edge computing (MEC) system for managing task offloading to edge servers, the system comprising a task broker implemented at a host management level of the MEC system, wherein the task broker is configured to:
- receive a task offloading request from a UE application;
- analyze resource requirements of a task of the task offloading request and run a forecasting mechanism that determines whether the task offloading request will eventually be dropped or not by a system management level of the MEC system;
- and
- based on the determination of the forecasting mechanism, either reject or provisionally admit the task offloading request.
A task broker for deployment in an MEC system, the task broker being configured to:
- receive a task offloading request from a UE application;
- analyze resource requirements of a task of the task offloading request and run a forecasting mechanism that determines whether the task offloading request will eventually be dropped or not by a system management level of the MEC system;
- and
- based on the determination of the forecasting mechanism, either reject or provisionally admit the task offloading request.
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