Methods, systems, and devices for provisioning an application on a network node according to movement patterns and application parameters for mobile devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12068906-B2
Application number	US-202217951559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2022
Priority date	Jun 14, 2019
Publication date	Aug 20, 2024
Grant date	Aug 20, 2024

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a plurality of mobile devices implementing an application, and identifying a group of mobile devices from among the plurality of mobile devices according to a first movement pattern of the group of mobile devices. Further aspects can include identifying a first mobile edge compute (MEC) node at a first location according to a proximity threshold that does not include a MEC agent for the application, and identifying a second MEC node at a second location that includes the MEC agent for the application according to the proximity threshold. Additional aspects can include determining a first network relative performance (NRP) metric associated with a first communications between the group of mobile devices and the second MEC node. The first communications are associated with the application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
identifying a plurality of devices implementing an application;
identifying a group of devices from among the plurality of devices according to a first movement pattern of the group of devices;
identifying a first mobile edge compute (MEC) node at a first location according to a proximity threshold relative to the group of devices, wherein the first MEC node is provisioned with an MEC agent for the application;
determining that an application parameter for the application associated with a first time period is below a threshold;
identifying that the group of devices has moved according to a second movement pattern;
determining that the application parameter during a second time period is above the threshold resulting in a first determination;
identifying that the group of devices is within the proximity threshold of a second MEC node based on the second movement pattern; and
provisioning the MEC agent for the application on the second MEC node based on the first determination.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the application parameter comprises one of a group selected from latency, amount of bandwidth need, and delay in serving the application from the first MEC node to the group of devices.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the group of devices comprises a vehicular communication device.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise determining a first network relative performance (NRP) metric associated with first communications between the group of devices and the first MEC node during the first time period satisfies an NRP threshold.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the operations comprise determining a second NRP metric associated with second communications between the group of devices and the first MEC node during the second time period does not satisfy the NRP threshold resulting in a second determination.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the provisioning of the MEC agent for the application on the second MEC node comprises provisioning the MEC agent for the application on the second MEC node based on the second determination.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the second NRP metric further comprises one of throughput, jitter, latency, delay, packet loss, or reliability.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein a communication device of the group of devices is within an autonomous vehicle.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first MEC node is included in a first autonomous vehicle.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the second MEC node is included in a second autonomous vehicle.

11. A method, comprising:
identifying, by a processing system including a processor, a plurality of communication devices implementing an application;
identifying, by the processing system, a group of communication devices from among the plurality of communication devices according to a first movement pattern of the group of communication devices;
identifying, by the processing, a first mobile edge compute (MEC) node at a first location according to a proximity threshold relative to the group of communication devices, wherein the first MEC node is provisioned with an MEC agent for the application;
determining, by the processing system, that an application parameter for the application associated with a first time period is below a threshold;
identifying, by the processing system, that the group of communication devices has moved according to a second movement pattern;
determining, by the processing system, that the application parameter during a second time period is above the threshold resulting in a first determination;
identifying, by the processing system, that the group of communication devices is within the proximity threshold of a second MEC node based on the second movement pattern; and
provisioning, by the processing system, the MEC agent for the application on the second MEC node based on the first determination, wherein the second MEC node is included in an autonomous vehicle.

12. A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
identifying a plurality of mobile communication devices implementing an application;
identifying a group of communication devices from among the plurality of communication devices according to a first movement pattern of the group of communication devices;
identifying a first mobile edge compute (MEC) node at a first location according to a proximity threshold relative to the group of communication devices, wherein the first MEC node is provisioned with an MEC agent for the application;
determining that an application parameter for the application associated with a first time period is below a threshold;
identifying that the group of communication devices has moved according to a second movement pattern;
determining that the application parameter during a second time period is above the threshold resulting in a first determination;
identifying that the group of communication devices is within the proximity threshold of a second MEC node based on the second movement pattern; and
provisioning the MEC agent for the application on the second MEC node based on the first determination.

13. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the application parameter is one of latency, amount of bandwidth need, and delay in serving the application from the first MEC node.

14. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein a communication device of the group of communication devices comprises a vehicular communication device.

15. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining a first network relative performance (NRP) metric associated with a first group of communications between the group of communication devices and the first MEC node during the first time period satisfies an NRP threshold.

16. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining a second NRP metric associated with a second group of communications between the group of communication devices and the first MEC node during the second time period does not satisfy the NRP threshold resulting in a second determination.

17. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the provisioning of the MEC agent for the application on the second MEC node comprises provisioning the MEC agent for the application on the second MEC node based on the second determination.

18. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the second NRP metric further comprises one of throughput, jitter, latency, delay, packet loss, or reliability.

19. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein a communication device of the group of communication devices is within an autonomous vehicle.

20. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the second MEC node is included in a first autonomous vehicle.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp
• At&T Technical Services Company Inc

Inventors

• Stockert Mark
• Stuckman Pamela
• Baughman Linda
• Vivanco Daniel
• Kackley Harold
• Mayne Margaret

Classifications

• H04L43/20

  the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV · CPC title

• H04L41/0895

  Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements · CPC title

• H04L41/40

  using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities · CPC title

• H04L43/08

  Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters · CPC title

• H04L43/16

  Threshold monitoring · CPC title