MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING (MEC) ARCHITECTURE AND MOBILITY FRAMEWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20200274942A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16646486

    申请日:2018-11-09

    Abstract: An architecture to allow the spatial separation of information sources, information processing, and information consumption using objects and tags, including in mobile/multi-access edge computing (MEC) communication environments, is disclosed. In an example, a request for information provided to a network entity (such as a MEC entity) results in the receipt of an object and a tag, as a device operates in an operational area of an information service. The object provides data for the information service, and the tag provides the metadata related to a context of the information service and the object from another entity, for another entity located within the operational area of the location service. The use of this object, including in the form of an application, data, or user object type, allows a transfer and use of data and context for the information service that is independent from the access network.

    MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING (MEC) TRANSLATION OF RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY MESSAGES

    公开(公告)号:US20200296187A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16646957

    申请日:2018-11-30

    Abstract: An architecture to allow the translation or conversion of short-range direct communications between devices with different radio access, such as in a V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communication context, is disclosed. In an example, a translation process, such as is performed by a mobile/multi-access edge computing (MEC) communication entity, includes: obtaining or accessing, at a translation function, a communication message (e.g., IP message) provided from a first device operating with a first radio access technology (e.g., LTE C-V2X), the message addressed to a second device operating with a second radio access technology (e.g., IEEE 802.11p or DSRC/ITS-G5); converting the communication message, with the translation function, into a format compatible with the second radio access technology; and initiating a transmission of the translated communication message, from the translation function, to the second device using the second radio access technology.

    FLEXIBLE MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING (MEC) SERVICES CONSUMPTION THROUGH HOSTS ZONING

    公开(公告)号:US20210067605A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US16957697

    申请日:2018-12-28

    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing, configuring, and operating multi-access edge computing (MEC) services and service consumption through zoning hosts in multi-vendor or multi-system environments. An apparatus operating as a MEC orchestrator to manage services consumption using zones is configurable to perform operations to: receive, from an application executing at a host, a request for a list of services and corresponding proximity zones; in response to receiving the request for the list of services, query a plurality of hosts for performance metrics of respective services offered from the plurality of hosts, the respective services to be used by the application executing at the host; construct a zone map, the zone map maintaining a mapping between the application and the plurality of hosts based on the performance metrics; and manage migration of the application or a service of the respective services, based on the zone map, to ensure QoS of the application.

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