CPC H04W 36/22 (2013.01) [H04W 28/0226 (2013.01); H04W 28/0236 (2013.01); H04W 28/0247 (2013.01); H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 36/0088 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a network device in a mobile network, a tracking area identifier (TAI) associated with a location of a user equipment device (UE) in the mobile network and a latency requirement associated with a data session involving the UE;
retrieving from a database, based on the TAI associated with the UE and the latency requirement, Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) selection weight values, associated with multiple MEC platforms, generated by applying a function to multiple items of data of each MEC profile associated with each MEC platform of the multiple MEC platforms, wherein the items of data of each MEC profile comprises:
first data identifying a Data Network Access Identifier (DNAI) for the MEC platform,
second data identifying an owner or operator associated with the MEC platform,
third data comprising a latency value associated with the MEC platform,
fourth data identifying Tracking Area Identifiers (TAIs) serviced by the MEC platform, and
fifth data identifying a current status of the MEC platform;
selecting a MEC platform, from among the multiple MEC platforms, based on the retrieved MEC selection weight values; and
directing the data session to be established between the selected MEC platform and the UE.
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