Method and apparatus for a software defined virtual platform for a communication device

A device comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• partitioning processing resources required for execution of an application initiated at a first communication device of a plurality of communication devices into a plurality of virtual processing segments;
• identifying, from among the plurality of virtual processing segments, a set of virtual processing segments to be offloaded from the first communication device to one or more communication devices in the plurality of communication devices;
• assigning a first virtual processing segment in the set for processing at a second communication device of the plurality of communication devices based on second-device capabilities and second-device limitations associated with the second communication device;
• aggregating first data associated with the first virtual processing segment with data associated with the plurality of virtual processing segments to generate aggregated data from virtual processing of the application;
• and
• synchronizing the aggregated data to generate synchronized results from the virtual processing of the application suitable for return to the first communication device.

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

• partitioning processing resources required for execution of an application initiated at a first communication device of a plurality of communication devices into a plurality of virtual processing segments;
• identifying, from among the plurality of virtual processing segments, a set of virtual processing segments to be offloaded from the first communication device to one or more communication devices in the plurality of communication devices;
• assigning a first virtual processing segment in the set for processing at a second communication device of the plurality of communication devices based on second-device capabilities and second-device limitations associated with the second communication device;
• aggregating first data associated with the first virtual processing segment with data associated with the plurality of virtual processing segments to generate aggregated data from virtual processing of the application;
• and
• synchronizing the aggregated data to generate synchronized results from the virtual processing of the application suitable for return to the first communication device.