US 12,133,124 B2
Migration of computing information between edge computing devices
Per Skarin, Lund (SE); and Johan Eker, Lund (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/431,765
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Feb. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/054734
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/173552, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0124570 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0072 (2013.01) [H04W 36/30 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, performed by a computing device in a communication system, for enabling migration of computing information between a first edge computing device associated with a first cell in a cellular network and at least a second edge computing device associated with a second cell in the cellular network, wherein the cellular network comprises a plurality of cells, the method comprising:
determining a trajectory of a wireless communication device located within a first cell of a cellular network based on positioning information received from a massive Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna operatively connected to a base station in an access network;
identifying a second cell of the cellular network towards which the trajectory leads;
causing allocation of resources at the second edge computing device associated with the second cell to enable migration of computing information from the first edge computing device associated with the first cell to the second edge computing device associated with the second cell, wherein the computing information enables the wireless communication device to operate with an application executing on the second edge computing device;
before handover is performed, migrating a first group of computing information from the first edge computing device associated with the first cell to the second edge computing device associated with the second cell, wherein the first group of computing information comprises static information; and
when the handover has been performed, migrating a second group of computing information from the first edge computing device associated with the first cell to the second edge computing device associated with the second cell, wherein the second group of computing information comprises dynamic information; and
wherein the dynamic information comprises information that changes frequently relative to the static information.