MEC Dual-Edge App Registration for Cross-Platform Discovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing edge computing systems face challenges in efficiently registering edge applications across multiple platforms, such as ETSI MEC and 3GPP EDGEAPP, requiring separate registrations and complex coordination, which complicates development and hinders seamless API consumption.
Innovation Solution
A mechanism for dual edge application registration is introduced, allowing a single registration process that aligns MEC App information with an EAS Profile and uses a MEC App profile (AppProfile) to simplify the registration procedure, enabling seamless communication between ETSI MEC and 3GPP EDGEAPP systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate registration processes are used for ETSI MEC and 3GPP EDGEAPP platforms, then each platform can be registered independently, but the registration complexity and coordination requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines separate registration processes for ETSI MEC and 3GPP EDGEAPP platforms into a unified dual-registration mechanism. The edge application performs a single registration operation that simultaneously registers with both platforms, eliminating the need for separate registration procedures and reducing coordination complexity while maintaining reliable registration on both platforms.
Solution Approach 2:
The registration mechanism is designed to serve multiple platforms (ETSI MEC and 3GPP EDGEAPP) through a single universal interface. The dual-registration capability allows the same registration process to function across different platform standards, providing multi-functionality without requiring platform-specific registration procedures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If dual registration is implemented to ensure application discoverability across both systems, then interoperability improves, but the development complexity and coordination overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges dual-registration functionality into a single operation that simultaneously enables discovery on both ETSI MEC and 3GPP EDGEAPP platforms. This unified approach maintains cross-platform interoperability and adaptability while eliminating the need for developers to implement separate registration logic for each platform, thereby simplifying development operations.
3Reliability
If separate registration procedures are used for each platform, then platform-specific requirements can be met, but time consumption and coordination overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The dual-registration mechanism performs preliminary actions by establishing registration with both ETSI MEC and 3GPP EDGEAPP platforms simultaneously in a single operation. This preliminary dual-registration ensures that both platform-specific requirements are met from the outset, eliminating the need for sequential registration steps and reducing the time required for platform compliance.
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AI summary
Various approaches for Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) Dual Edge App Registration, including registration performed on behalf of edge computing platforms operating as dual deployments in a MEC and 3GPP infrastructure, are discussed. An example first computing platform may be communicatively coupled, via a network, to a second computing platform, and perform operations that: receive a dual application registration request from an application of the first computing platform; map a first application profile of the application at the first computing platform to a second application profile at the second computing platform; redirect the dual application registration request to the second computing platform; receive, in response to the redirect of the dual application registration request, an application registration acknowledgment; and provide, to the application, the application registration acknowledgment.