CPC H04W 36/12 (2013.01) [H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
1. A method of initiating a transfer of an active first-type slave process executed in a first processing entity of an edge cloud computing layer to a second processing entity of the edge cloud computing layer, wherein the active first-type slave process receives data and/or control information from an associated active first-type master process executed in a first mobile entity and returns processing results obtained based on the received data and/or the control information to the active first-type master process, wherein a plurality of processing entities is communicatively connected through a network layer, wherein a process sharing connection between the first-type master process executed in the first mobile entity and one of the one or more of the plurality of processing entities of the edge cloud computing layer includes a wireless link between the first mobile entity and one or more of a plurality of wireless access points of the network layer, the method comprising, at the first mobile entity:
receiving a first heat map relating to the first-type master-slave process, the first heat map providing information relevant to process sharing connections, between mobile entities and processing entities, for first-type master-slave processes, at least for a first area including a current and/or a future location of the first mobile entity,
ranking, based on a cost function, possible process sharing connections, between the first mobile entity and one or more second processing entities-, for the current location of the first mobile entity and/or a location of the first mobile entity in the near future, wherein inputs to the cost function include the current requirements of the active master-slave process and information provided in the heat map,
determining, based on the ranking, one or more second processing entities as potential target processing entities to transfer the first-type slave process to, and
transmitting a processing entity transfer request to a control process executed in the edge cloud computing layer, wherein the request includes an identification of the active first-type slave process and indicates at least one of the one or more second processing entities determined, based on the ranking, as potential target to transfer the active first-type slave process to.
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