Inter-MEC Communication for V2X Service Discovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current edge computing architectures face challenges in orchestration, coordination, and resource management, particularly in complex mobility settings with multiple participants, leading to suboptimal performance and latency issues in mobile use cases.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of inter-MEC system communication techniques, including layered/hierarchical approaches and cache information exchange methods, enables secure and efficient information transfer between MEC applications, allowing for the discovery of services and sharing of cached data across different MEC systems, thereby improving security, operability, and reducing latency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If inter-MEC system communication is implemented to enable service discovery and information exchange, then service capabilities and operability are improved, but system complexity and coordination overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the inter-MEC communication system into distinct functional layers: service discovery mechanism, information exchange protocol, and cached data sharing module. Each layer operates independently with defined interfaces, allowing service discovery to function without being burdened by the complexity of data sharing protocols, thereby improving adaptability while managing system complexity through modular architecture
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces standardized information exchange messages and protocols as intermediaries between different MEC systems. These standardized messages act as mediators that translate between different MEC system internal representations, enabling service discovery and information exchange without requiring direct complex point-to-point coordination between systems, thus improving versatility while reducing coordination overhead
2Loss of time
If cached data is shared across MEC systems to reduce latency, then response time is improved, but data consistency and security management become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary validation and authorization checks before data is cached and shared across MEC systems. Service credentials and data permissions are verified in advance, and cached data is tagged with consistency metadata. This preliminary action ensures that when data is rapidly exchanged to reduce latency, the reliability and consistency are maintained through pre-established trust and validation mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where cached data exchanges are monitored and tracked across MEC systems. Consistency validation feedback loops verify that shared cached data remains synchronized, and security anomaly feedback detects and responds to potential consistency violations. This feedback ensures that low-latency data sharing does not compromise data consistency or security
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple MEC systems are coordinated to provide V2X services, then service coverage and capabilities are enhanced, but orchestration and resource management become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universal standardized interfaces and protocols that enable different MEC systems to interact through common mechanisms. The same information exchange message formats and service discovery protocols work across all MEC systems regardless of their internal implementations, allowing enhanced service coverage through multiple systems while simplifying orchestration through universal compatibility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimensional layer of abstraction through standardized information exchange messages that operate above individual MEC system boundaries. This dimensional change allows orchestration to occur at the message/exchange level rather than requiring direct coordination of underlying system resources, thereby enhancing service coverage while reducing orchestration complexity through hierarchical abstraction
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AI summary
Methods, apparatus, systems and machine-readable storage media of a multi-access edge computing (MEC) component, of a first MEC system, for discovering platforms in MEC systems, are described. In an example, a list of MEC system identifiers is received from a dedicated reference point. The MEC system identifiers includes a system identifier of a second, different MEC system. A list of available MEC hosts in the second MEC system that fulfill a predefined requirement is received. A list of shareable services on the first MEC system is determined. Information is provided to the second MEC system regarding the list of shareable services on the first MEC system.