MEC Service Token Allocation via Blockchain
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) platforms lack efficient mechanisms for users to anonymously access and manage compute services, and there is no effective way to allocate or trade the costs of these services.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of blockchain technology to create and manage service tokens, which are used to allocate, manage, and monitor MEC services, allowing users to securely access and trade compute resources such as CPU cycles, bandwidth, and storage through a token-based system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If blockchain technology is implemented to enable anonymous access and trading of MEC services, then user anonymity and service allocation efficiency are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces service tokens as an intermediary mechanism that mediates between users and MEC services. These tokens enable anonymous access and service allocation without requiring users to directly interact with complex blockchain infrastructure, thus maintaining ease of operation while implementing the underlying blockchain technology.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates service tokens that represent copies or proxies of actual MEC service access rights. Instead of requiring users to directly manage complex service allocations, they trade and use simplified token representations, which then get redeemed for actual service access through the blockchain system.
2Productivity
If service tokens are used to allocate and manage MEC services, then resource allocation efficiency is improved, but implementation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of service allocation from direct resource management to token-based representation. By transforming service allocation into token transactions with specific parameters (validity periods, service types, quantities), the system achieves efficient resource allocation while simplifying the implementation through standardized token operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments MEC services into discrete, tradable service tokens that can be independently allocated and managed. This segmentation allows for efficient resource allocation through token trading while reducing implementation complexity by breaking down complex service management into standardized, modular token units.
3Reliability
If blockchain technology is deployed for secure service management, then security is improved, but computational overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-generating and distributing service tokens before actual service consumption. This allows blockchain security mechanisms to operate in advance during token creation and distribution, rather than during every service access transaction, thereby reducing computational overhead during service delivery while maintaining security through the pre-established token framework.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods provide decentralized MEC compute services. A network device receives, from a user device associated with a user account, an access request for Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) services. The user account includes a MEC service token that indicates parameters for the MEC services. The network device validates a user of the user device to access MEC services for the user device; removes, after the validating, the MEC service token from the first user account; and grants, based on the removing, access to a MEC cluster by the user device, wherein granting access includes granting access according to the parameters.