US 12,302,275 B2
Multi-access edge computing (MEC) application registry in MEC federation
Dario Sabella, Gassino (IT); and Miltiadis Filippou, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/280,149
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/035974
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/003686, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/224,072, filed on Jul. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147404 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 67/10 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 60/04 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computing node operating in a first Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) system, the computing node comprising:
communications circuitry configured to perform communications with a first plurality of MEC hosts in the first MEC system and a second plurality of MEC hosts in a second MEC system, the second MEC system in a MEC federation with the first MEC system, wherein the first MEC system and the second MEC system are respective operator platforms controlled by different operators; and
processing circuitry configured to:
identify, based on the communications with the first plurality of MEC hosts, a first plurality of applications provided by the first plurality of MEC hosts in the first MEC system;
identify, based on the communications with the second plurality of MEC hosts, a second plurality of applications provided by the second plurality of MEC hosts in the second MEC system;
store application information for the first and second plurality of applications in a multi-federation registry maintained in the first MEC system; and
communicate the application information from the multi-federation registry to the first plurality of MEC hosts of the first MEC system, to cause the application information from the respective operator platforms to be synchronized into respective registries hosted at the first plurality of MEC hosts.