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Multi-access edge computing (MEC) billing and charging tracking enhancements

US11212124B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Dario Sabella · Torino, IT
Ned M. Smith · Beaverton, US
Neal Oliver · Florham Park, US
Kshitij A. Doshi · Tempe, US
Suraj Prabhakaran · Aachen, DE
Miltiadis Filippou · Munich, DE
Francesc Guim Bernat · Barcelona, ES

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 2018
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 13, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W4/24
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An architecture to allow Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) billing and charge tracking, is disclosed. In an example, a tracking process, such as is performed by an edge computing apparatus, includes: receiving a computational processing request for a service operated with computing resources of the edge computing apparatus from a connected edge device within the first access network, wherein the computational processing request includes an identification of the connected edge device; identifying a processing device, within the first access network, for performing the computational processing request; and storing the identification of the connected edge device, a processing device identification, and data describing the computational processes completed by the processing device in association with the computational processing request.

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