Edge Application Relocation Control via Feasibility Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
In edge computing environments, ping-pong handover leads to repeated application relocations, resulting in resource wastage and reduced service continuity due to the repeated changes in edge computing service providers.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and external server system that determines the feasibility of application relocation based on the running state of the application, transmitting specific response messages to either pause or execute the relocation, thereby preventing resource wastage and ensuring continuous service.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If application relocation is performed whenever handover occurs, then service continuity is maintained, but resource wastage increases due to repeated relocations in ping-pong handover scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by monitoring handover events and application states. The external server receives status information from the electronic device about application relocation feasibility, and this feedback loop enables the system to distinguish between legitimate relocation needs and ping-pong handover scenarios, preventing unnecessary relocations while maintaining service continuity when needed
Solution Approach 2:
An external server acts as an intermediary between the electronic device and the application relocation process. This intermediary evaluates relocation requests, determines feasibility based on received information, and makes the final decision on whether to proceed with relocation, thereby preventing resource wastage from unnecessary relocations while ensuring service continuity when relocation is appropriate
2Reliability
If application relocation is frequently performed to track user movement, then service quality is improved, but device complexity and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The complex logic for evaluating relocation feasibility and making relocation decisions is extracted from the electronic device and placed in the external server. The device only needs to communicate basic status information, while the server handles the complex processing of determining whether relocation should occur, thereby reducing device complexity and processing overhead while maintaining high service quality
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device operates in an edge computing environment, and includes: a memory storing an application, a wireless communication circuitry, and at least one processor. The at least one processor implements the method, including: receiving a query message querying whether application relocation is possible from an external server through wireless communication circuitry, identifying, using at least one processor, whether the application relocation is possible based on a running state of the application, in response to receiving the query message, when the application relocation is impossible, transmitting a first response message indicating that the application relocation is impossible to the external server, or when the application relocation is possible, transmitting a second response message indicating that the application relocation is possible to the external server.