Edge application method and apparatus

A communication apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the communication apparatus to:
• receive requirement information of a reserved resource from an application service provider (ASP), wherein the requirement information of the reserved resource comprises location information of the reserved resource;
• and
• send a first request to a management and orchestration (MANO) based on the requirement information of the reserved resource, wherein the first request is used to request the MANO to reserve the resource in an edge data network (EDN) corresponding to the location information, and the reserved resource is used to deploy an edge application server (EAS) of the ASP.

A communication system, comprising:

• an edge computing service provider (ECSP) management system;
• and
• a management and orchestration (MANO), wherein
• the ECSP management system is configured to:
• receive requirement information of a reserved resource from an application service provider (ASP), wherein the requirement information of the reserved resource comprises location information of the reserved resource;
• and
• send a first request to the MANO based on the requirement information of the reserved resource, wherein the first request is used to request the MANO to reserve the resource in an edge data network (EDN) corresponding to the location information, and the reserved resource is used to deploy an edge application server (EAS) of the ASP;
• and
• the MANO is configured to:
• receive the first request.