Placement of an instance of an edge application function

Apparatus, comprising at least one processor, at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

• receive an orchestration request to provide a new orchestration policy for an instance of an application and a plurality of users, wherein the orchestration request indicates that each user of the plurality of users is connected to the instance of the application or is to be connected to the instance of the application, the orchestration request comprises for each of the users a location of the respective user, and each user of the plurality of users is served by a respective network of one or more networks;
• collect network related information from the one or more networks and collecting application related information from an owner of the application, wherein the network related information includes potential locations for deploying the instance of the application, and for each of the potential locations an indication of a quality of service available for the instance of the application at the respective potential location, and the application related information includes at least one of a quality of service requirement of the application to the users or a quality of service requirement of the application to the potential locations;
• derive the new orchestration policy based on the network related information and the application related information, wherein the new orchestration policy indicates one or more deployment locations among the potential locations such that a quality of service requirement of the application is sufficiently fulfilled for the plurality of users if the instance of the application is deployed at one of the one or more deployment locations;
• provide the new orchestration policy in response to the orchestration request.