MEC information obtaining method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11540244-B2
Application number	US-202117148045-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2021
Priority date	Jul 16, 2018
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to mobile edge computing (MEC) information obtaining methods and apparatus. One example method performed by a first network element includes receiving target reference information from a second network element, and sending, to the second network element, information about a MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information. The target reference information comprises target capability information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile edge computing (MEC) information obtaining method, comprising:
sending, by a second network element, target reference information to a first network element, wherein the target reference information comprises target capability information;
receiving, by the first network element, the target reference information;
determining, by the first network element, a MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information, wherein the MEC platform has a target capability corresponding to the target capability information;
sending, by the first network element to the second network element, information about the MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information; and
receiving, by the second network element, the information about the MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before sending, by the first network element to the second network element, the information about the MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the first network element, first registration information of the MEC platform, wherein the first registration information comprises addressing information of the MEC platform and attribute description information of the MEC platform.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first registration information is carried in an application programming interface (API) publish request.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the attribute description information comprises one or more of application programming interface (API) information provided by the MEC platform, location information of the MEC platform, service area information of the MEC platform, capability description information of the MEC platform, and a domain identifier of the MEC platform.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first network element is a common API framework core function (CCF), wherein the second network element is a CCF, and wherein a domain to which the first network element belongs is different from a domain to which the second network element belongs.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the MEC platform comprises information about a framework core function (CCF) corresponding to the MEC platform.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the MEC platform comprises addressing information of the MEC platform and attribute description information of the MEC platform.

8. A mobile edge computing (MEC) information obtaining system, comprising a first network element and a second network element, wherein:
the second network element is configured to send target reference information to the first network element, wherein the target reference information comprises target capability information;
the first network element is configured to receive the target reference information, determine a MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information, wherein the MEC platform has a target capability corresponding to the target capability information, and send, to the second network element, information about the MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information; and
the second network element is configured to receive the information about the MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein:
the second network element is further configured to send first registration information of the MEC platform to the first network element; and
the first network element is further configured to receive the first registration information of the MEC platform, wherein the first registration information comprises addressing information of the MEC platform and attribute description information of the MEC platform.

10. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the first registration information is carried in an application programming interface (API) publish request.

11. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the attribute description information comprises one or more of application programming interface (API) information provided by the MEC platform, location information of the MEC platform, service area information of the MEC platform, capability description information of the MEC platform, and a domain identifier of the MEC platform.

12. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the first network element is a common API framework core function (CCF), wherein the second network element is a CCF, and wherein a domain to which the first network element belongs is different from a domain to which the second network element belongs.

13. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the information about the MEC platform comprises information about a framework core function (CCF) corresponding to the MEC platform.

14. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the information about the MEC platform comprises addressing information of the MEC platform and attribute description information of the MEC platform.

15. A mobile edge computing (MEC) information obtaining apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprising:
a memory storing program code; and
at least one processor in communication with the memory, the at least one processor executing the program code to perform operations comprising:
receiving target reference information from a network element, wherein the target reference information comprises target capability information;
determining a MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information, wherein the MEC platform has a target capability corresponding to the target capability information; and
sending, to the network element, information about the MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein before sending, to the network element, the information about the MEC platform corresponding to the target reference information, the operations further comprise:
receiving first registration information of the MEC platform, wherein the first registration information comprises addressing information of the MEC platform and attribute description information of the MEC platform.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first registration information is carried in an application programming interface (API) publish request.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the attribute description information comprises one or more of application programming interface (API) information provided by the MEC platform, location information of the MEC platform, service area information of the MEC platform, capability description information of the MEC platform, and a domain identifier of the MEC platform.

19. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the apparatus is a common API framework core function (CCF), wherein the network element is a CCF, and wherein a domain to which the apparatus belongs is different from a domain to which the network element belongs.

20. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the information about the MEC platform comprises information about a framework core function (CCF) corresponding to the MEC platform.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ge Cuili
• Yang Yanmei
• Ma Jingwang
• Zhou Zheng

Classifications

• H04L67/562

  Brokering proxy services · CPC title

• H04L67/53

  using third party service providers · CPC title

• H04L67/52

  specially adapted for the location of the user terminal · CPC title

• H04W36/12

  Reselecting a serving backbone network switching or routing node · CPC title

• H04W60/00 Primary

  Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration · CPC title