Service processing method, mobile edge computing device, and network device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11252259-B2
Application number	US-202016817342-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2020
Priority date	Sep 12, 2017
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

This application discloses a service processing method, a mobile edge computing device, and a network device, to resolve a technical problem of low resource utilization of an MEC in the prior art. The method includes: receiving, by a first mobile edge computing device, a first service request, where the first service request includes a service type and/or service content; sending, by the first mobile edge computing device, a second service request to a second mobile edge computing device, where the second service request includes at least part of the service type and/or at least part of the service content, and identification information of the first mobile edge computing device; and receiving, by the first mobile edge computing device, service data corresponding to the second service request from the second mobile edge computing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A service processing method, comprising:
receiving, by a first mobile edge computing device, a first service request, wherein the first service request comprises a service type and/or service content;
sending, by the first mobile edge computing device, a second service request to a second mobile edge computing device, wherein the second service request comprises at least part of the service type and/or at least part of the service content, and identification information of the first mobile edge computing device; and
receiving, by the first mobile edge computing device, service data corresponding to the second service request from the second mobile edge computing device,
wherein before the sending, by the first mobile edge computing device, the second service request to the second mobile edge computing device, the method further comprises:
determining, by the first mobile edge computing device based on an information list of mobile edge computing devices, the second mobile edge computing device, wherein the information list of mobile edge computing devices comprises information of the second mobile edge computing device,
wherein:
the information list of mobile edge computing devices comprises identification information of at least one mobile edge computing device; or
the information list of mobile edge computing devices comprises the identification information of the at least one mobile edge computing device and a service type and/or service content deployed on the at least one mobile edge computing device; and

wherein the information list of mobile edge computing devices is deployed in the first mobile edge computing device, and the determining, by the first mobile edge computing device based on the information list of mobile edge computing devices, the second mobile edge computing device comprises:
querying, by the first mobile edge computing device, the information list of mobile edge computing devices to determine one or more mobile edge computing devices capable of being configured to process the second service request;
sending, by the first mobile edge computing device, a first inquiry message to the one or more mobile edge computing devices, wherein the first inquiry message comprises at least part of the service type and/or at least part of the service content;
receiving, by the first mobile edge computing device, an answer message from the one or more mobile edge computing devices; and
determining, by the first mobile edge computing device based on the answer message, the second mobile edge computing device in the one or more mobile edge computing devices.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the sending, by the first mobile edge computing device, the second service request to the second mobile edge computing device, the method further comprises:
determining, by the first mobile edge computing device based on a service type and/or service content deployed on the first mobile edge computing device, that the first mobile edge computing device needs to send the second service request to the second mobile edge computing device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information list of mobile edge computing devices is deployed in a management device, and the determining, by the first mobile edge computing based on the information list of mobile edge computing devices, the second mobile edge computing device comprises:
sending, by the first mobile edge computing device, a query request to the management device, wherein the query request comprises at least part of the service type and/or at least part of the service content;
receiving, by the first mobile edge computing device, at least one piece of identification information corresponding to one or more mobile edge computing devices from the management device, wherein the information list of mobile edge computing devices comprises the at least one piece of identification information; and
determining, by the first mobile edge computing device based on the at least one piece of identification information, the second mobile edge computing device in the at least one mobile edge computing device.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the first mobile edge computing device based on the service data corresponding to the second service request, service data corresponding to the first service request; and
sending, by the first mobile edge computing device, the service data corresponding to the first service request.

5. A mobile edge computing device, comprising: a receiver, a processor, and a transmitter, wherein:
the receiver is configured to receive a first service request, wherein the first service request comprises a service type and/or service content;
the transmitter is configured to send a second service request generated by the processor to a second mobile edge computing device, wherein the second service request comprises at least part of the service type and/or at least part of the service content, and identification information of the first mobile edge computing device;
the receiver is further configured to receive service data corresponding to the second service request from the second mobile edge computing device; and
before the transmitter sends the second service request to the second mobile edge computing device, the processor is configured to determine, based on an information list of mobile edge computing devices, the second mobile edge computing device, wherein the information list of mobile edge computing devices comprises information of the second mobile edge computing device,
wherein:
the information list of mobile edge computing devices comprises identification information of at least one mobile edge computing device; or
the information list of mobile edge computing devices comprises the identification information of the at least one mobile edge computing device and a service type and/or service content deployed on the corresponding mobile edge computing device, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:
query the information list of mobile edge computing devices to determine one or more mobile edge computing devices that can be configured to process the second service request;
control the transmitter to send a first inquiry message to the one or more mobile edge computing devices, wherein the first inquiry message comprises at least part of the service type and/or at least part of the service content;
control the receiver to receive an answer message from the one or more mobile edge computing devices; and
determine, based on the answer message, the second mobile edge computing device in the one or more mobile edge computing devices.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to:
before the transmitter sends the second service request to the second mobile edge computing device, determine, based on a service type and/or service content deployed on the mobile edge computing device, that the mobile edge computing device needs to send the second service request to the second mobile edge computing device.

7. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a query request to a management device, wherein the query request comprises at least part of the service type and/or at least part of the service content;
wherein the receiver is further configured to receive at least one piece of identification information corresponding to one or more mobile edge computing devices from the management device, wherein the information list of mobile edge computing devices comprises at least one piece of identification information; and
wherein the processor is further configured to determine, based on the at least one pi

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ren Dewang
• Jin Heng
• Gui Xiaolin
• Zhang Kaiyuan

Classifications

• H04L67/63 Primary

  Routing a service request depending on the request content or context · CPC title

• H04L67/51

  Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services · CPC title

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title

• H04W8/005

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title

• H04W4/70 Primary

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title