Edge Application Information Aggregation to Reduce Signaling Overhead
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Solution Overview
Problem
In multi-access edge computing, querying multiple edge enabler servers for application instances leads to significant signaling overheads and service delays, affecting user experience.
Innovation Solution
A first server aggregates information about application instances from multiple servers, reducing the need for direct querying by storing and providing this information to other devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple edge enabler servers are queried separately to obtain application instance information, then complete information can be obtained, but signaling overheads and service delay increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the information storage function of multiple edge enabler servers into a single edge network configuration server. This server aggregates application instance information from multiple sources, allowing client devices to query one centralized server instead of multiple distributed servers, thereby reducing signaling overhead and service delay while maintaining information completeness
Solution Approach 2:
The edge network configuration server acts as an intermediary between client devices and multiple edge enabler servers. It receives queries from client devices, retrieves necessary information from multiple edge enabler servers, and returns consolidated results, thereby eliminating the need for client devices to directly query multiple servers and reducing overall signaling overhead
2Loss of information
If multiple edge enabler servers are queried separately, then all application instance information can be obtained, but signaling overheads increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the information aggregation function of multiple edge enabler servers into a single edge network configuration server, simplifying the system architecture by reducing the number of direct query relationships from many-to-many to many-to-one, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining information completeness
3Reliability
If application instance information is stored in multiple edge enabler servers, then information availability is maintained, but information retrieval efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The edge network configuration server serves as an intermediary that maintains information availability by aggregating data from multiple edge enabler servers while providing efficient centralized access. This mediator approach ensures that client devices can retrieve information quickly from a single source without sacrificing the distributed storage benefits that ensure information availability
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AI summary
Example information obtaining methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes receiving information about a first instance of an application and information about a second instance of the application by a first server from a second server and a third server respectively. The first server stores the information about the first instance and the information about the second instance.