Efficiency of routing traffic to an edge compute server at the far edge of a cellular network
US12143861B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 13, 2021 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/767
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for improving efficiency of routing edge compute traffic from a user equipment (UE) to an edge compute server at a far edge of a cellular network includes provisioning a near edge control unit (CU) and a near edge user plane function (UPF) at a near edge of the cellular network. The method also includes provisioning a far edge CU, a far edge UPF, and an edge compute workload at the far edge. The method also includes receiving UE traffic at one or more distributed units located at the far edge. The UE traffic includes the edge compute traffic and non-edge compute traffic. The method also includes identifying the edge compute traffic among the UE traffic, routing the edge compute traffic to the edge compute workload at the far edge, and routing the non-edge compute traffic to the near edge UPF at the near edge.
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