Seamless split rendering session relocation between split rendering servers supporting extended reality applications in mobile communication networks

A method comprising:

• monitoring, during a time period, by a real-time communication application function (RTC-AF) for a communication network, one or more metrics associated with a split rendering session, the split rendering session being provided by a current split rendering server,
• wherein the split rendering session is associated with an extended reality (XR) media content stream being provided to a split rendering client by the current split rendering server via the communication network,
• wherein the one or more metrics comprise one or more of:
• a quality of service (QoS) metric, a quality of experience (QoE) metric, a key performance indicator (KPI) for the current split rendering server, or a metric associated with the XR media content stream,
• determining, by the RTC-AF, based on a duration of occurrence of the one or more metrics exceeding a pre-determined duration threshold during the time period or a magnitude of the one or more metrics exceeding one or more respective pre-determined metric thresholds, to relocate the split rendering session from the current split rendering server to a new split rendering server;
• and
• providing, by the RTC-AF, to one or more of the current split rendering server or the new split rendering server, an indication to relocate the split rendering session from the current split rendering server to the new split rendering server.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions of a real-time communication application function that, when executed by at least one processor of an apparatus, cause an apparatus to perform:

• monitoring, during a time period, one or more metrics associated with a split rendering session, the split rendering session being provided by a current split rendering server,
• wherein the split rendering session is associated with an extended reality (XR) media content stream being provided to a split rendering client by the current split rendering server via the communication network,
• wherein the one or more metrics comprise one or more of:
• a quality of service (QOS) metric, a quality of experience (QoE) metric, a key performance indicator (KPI) for the current split rendering server, or a metric associated with the XR media content stream,
• determining, based on a duration of occurrence of the one or more metrics exceeding a pre-determined duration threshold during the time period or a magnitude of the one or more metrics exceeding one or more respective pre-determined metric thresholds, to relocate the split rendering session from the current split rendering server to a new split rendering server;
• and
• providing to one or more of the current split rendering server or the new split rendering server, an indication to relocate the split rendering session from the current split rendering server to the new split rendering server.