MEC Server Clustering via Virtual Regions for Resource Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
MEC servers are physically and geographically distributed, leading to inefficient resource utilization and operation due to varying resource availability and physical restrictions, making it difficult to provide functions/services efficiently across different server groups with hierarchical structures.
Innovation Solution
A clustering system that monitors MEC server and network usage, generates cluster plans based on telemetry and non-telemetry information, and constructs clusters within virtual regions to optimize resource allocation and meet service requirements, considering costs and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If MEC servers are physically and geographically distributed to provide services near terminals, then service response speed and terminal proximity are improved, but resource utilization efficiency deteriorates due to varying resource availability across different locations
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the geographically distributed MEC servers into virtual regions based on service requirements and resource characteristics. Each virtual region can be independently managed and optimized, allowing efficient resource allocation across multiple locations while maintaining the geographical distribution benefit for service response speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a virtual dimension (virtual regions) overlaying the physical geographical distribution. This allows resources to be organized and allocated across multiple geographical locations without being constrained by physical proximity, thereby improving resource utilization efficiency while maintaining the speed benefits of geographical distribution.
2Adaptability or versatility
If MEC servers are deployed at multiple geographically different bases with hierarchical structure, then service coverage and accessibility are improved, but system complexity increases due to varying physical restrictions and resource availability
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual region management system provides a universal framework that can accommodate multiple MEC servers across different geographical bases with varying physical restrictions. The system handles diverse resource types and service requirements through a unified approach, reducing the complexity of managing heterogeneous distributed systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces virtual region management as an intermediary layer between the physical MEC servers and the service provisioning system. This intermediary abstracts the complexity of geographical distribution and physical restrictions, providing a simplified interface for service deployment while maintaining comprehensive service coverage.
3Reliability
If cluster configuration is used for redundancy to prevent service interruption, then service reliability is improved, but resource overhead and system cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple MEC servers into virtual regions to form clusters that provide redundancy and reliability. By combining resources across geographical locations, the system achieves fault tolerance and service continuity while optimizing resource utilization to minimize overhead compared to traditional local clustering approaches.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method capable of efficiently using and operating resources and allowing a cluster satisfying requirements of functions/services provided to terminals to be configured of multi-access edge computing (MEC) servers are provided. A clustering system 100 includes a monitoring unit 110 configured to monitor a usage status of MEC servers and a network and store telemetry information in a storage unit 120, a cluster planning request unit 130 configured to acquire non-telemetry information such as provision area information and requirement information of functions/services and deployment information of the MEC server, store the non-telemetry information in the storage unit 120, a cluster planning unit 140 configured to set a virtual region including one or more bases satisfying a provision area and requirements on the basis of each piece of information in the storage unit 120 and calculate a cluster plan for providing the functions/services from a plurality of MEC servers disposed at the base belonging to the virtual region, and a cluster construction unit 150 configured to perform a clustering process on the basis of the cluster plan.