Edge Server Discovery via DNS Filtering and ECS Address Assignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing edge computing systems face challenges in efficiently discovering and routing services due to decentralized deployment, leading to inconsistent latency and performance across different service instances, which conventional DNS mechanisms struggle to address.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a novel DNS architecture for edge computing that optimizes service discovery by utilizing edge network management (ENM) servers, which include client discovery, address assignment, and filtering mechanisms to ensure low latency and efficient service routing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional DNS mechanisms are used for service discovery in edge computing, then service deployment flexibility is improved, but service discovery latency and performance consistency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a specialized edge DNS server as an intermediary component that mediates between clients and edge services. This intermediary optimizes the service discovery process by maintaining local service registry information and providing direct resolution for edge services, thereby reducing discovery latency while preserving the flexibility of decentralized service deployment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the DNS resolution process into multiple stages: local edge DNS resolution for edge services, and conventional DNS resolution for non-edge services. This segmentation allows edge services to be resolved through optimized local pathways while maintaining overall system flexibility and adaptability.
2Speed
If services are deployed in a decentralized way at edge networks, then network latency is reduced, but service discovery complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal edge DNS server that handles multiple functions: conventional DNS resolution, edge service discovery, and service registry management. This multi-functional approach simplifies the overall service discovery mechanism while maintaining low latency benefits of decentralized deployment.
Solution Approach 2:
The edge DNS server automatically discovers and registers edge services without requiring complex manual configuration. Services self-register with the edge DNS server upon deployment, and the server autonomously maintains the service registry, reducing discovery complexity while preserving decentralized deployment advantages.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional DNS architecture is used, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but service routing efficiency to proximal servers deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality optimization by deploying edge DNS servers at network edges close to service consumers. These local servers provide optimized routing to proximal edge services, improving service routing efficiency while maintaining implementation simplicity through standardized DNS protocols and familiar architecture patterns.
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AI summary
Methods, apparatus, systems, architectures and interfaces for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) performing discovery of edge computing servers are provided. A WTRU may send a request message, such as a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request, to the core network. The request may include (e.g., in a protocol configuration option (PCO)) information related to receiving edge data network configuration server (ECS) addresses. The WTRU may receive an acknowledgement or accept message (e.g., a PDU session establishment accept message) including (e.g., in another PCO) server information (e.g., ECS information) indicating addresses, identifiers, and/or tracking area identities (TAIs) that can be served by an associated ECS. The WTRU may perform communications with one or more ECSs.