Cloud Resource Sharing for Edge Computing Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge in edge computing is that the computing resources allocated to edge servers may be insufficient, making it difficult to provide stable services to user terminals due to restrictions on the location of edge server installation.
Innovation Solution
A control apparatus and method that monitor resource usage in a cloud group, determine if resources are available for deploying Containerized Network Functions (CNFs) in a primary cloud, and if not, identify a secondary cloud with sufficient resources to deploy surplus CNFs, thereby distributing the load across multiple clouds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If computing resources are allocated to a single primary edge cloud, then service deployment is simplified, but resource insufficiency occurs making stable service provision difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the computing resources into multiple independent edge clouds (primary cloud and secondary clouds) within a cloud group. Each cloud can independently deploy and manage CNFs, allowing the system to divide the previously single-point deployment into multiple distributed deployment units, thereby resolving the contradiction between deployment simplicity and resource sufficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple edge clouds into a unified cloud group managed by a single control apparatus. This allows the system to maintain simplified centralized management while aggregating resources across multiple clouds, enabling stable service provision through resource pooling without significantly increasing deployment complexity
2Productivity
If edge servers are installed close to user terminals, then processing load distribution is achieved, but location restrictions limit available computing resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal cloud group structure where multiple edge clouds serve both local user terminals and act as part of a broader resource pool. Each edge cloud maintains its local proximity advantage for load distribution while also functioning as a resource contributor to the collective cloud group, thereby overcoming the limitation of restricted available resources at individual locations
3Quantity of substance
If surplus CNFs are deployed in secondary clouds, then resource utilization across the cloud group improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a control apparatus as an intermediary that automatically manages CNF deployment across primary and secondary clouds. This intermediary handles the complexity of resource allocation, deployment decisions, and coordination between clouds, thereby enabling improved resource utilization without requiring the end system to directly manage the increased complexity
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to resource sharing between clouds. According to the present disclosure, a control apparatus comprises: a resource monitor, a resource decider, a secondary cloud determiner, and a deployer. The resource monitor monitors a resource usage state of a cloud in a cloud group. The resource decider, with a creation request for a new application to a primary cloud in the cloud group serving as a trigger, decides whether or not a resource for deploying all components for constructing the new application is in the primary cloud. Based on the size of available resources if a surplus component that cannot be deployed in the primary cloud is deployed in a cloud other than the primary cloud in the cloud group, the secondary cloud determiner determines a secondary cloud in which the surplus component is to be deployed. The deployer deploys the surplus component in the secondary cloud.