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System and method to support network slicing in an MEC system providing automatic conflict resolution arising from multiple tenancy in the MEC environment

US11374831B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEC CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Fabio Giust · Vicenza, IT
Vincenzo Sciancalepore · Heidelberg, DE
Lanfranco Zanzi · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Jun 28, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 24, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/562
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a multi-access edge computing (MEC) system in which tenant applications are provided by MEC tenants for deployment on MEC hosts of the MEC system. The method includes receiving, from each of a plurality of MEC tenants, an application package, the application package including application software be installed at one or more of the MEC hosts of the MEC system, the application software corresponding to a tenant application of the tenant applications. The method further includes assigning, to each of the plurality of MEC tenants, a set of at least one application management privilege, and receiving application operation requests issued by MEC tenants. The application operation requests specify operations to be performed for the tenant applications. The method additionally includes pre-validating, using the sets of at least one application management privilege assigned to the plurality of MEC tenants, the application operation requests.

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