Method and device for facilitating delivery of content in a multi-access edge computing (MEC) environment
US10868750B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An edge device may obtain, via a base station, one or more respective requests from one or more user devices to access content. The edge device may determine a total number of the one or more user devices and may determine that the total number of the one or more user devices satisfies a threshold. The edge device may determine, based on the total number of the one or more user devices satisfying the threshold, a latency requirement associated with the content and may determine whether the edge device can satisfy the latency requirement. The edge device may selectively cause, based on determining whether the edge device can satisfy the latency requirement, the edge device or a different edge device to send the content to the one or more user devices via the base station.
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