METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-LEVEL DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATIONS

• US 20120166646A1
• Filed: 12/27/2010
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Boldyrev, Sergey, Kaaja, Jari-Jukka Harald, Laine, Hannu Ensio, Honkola, Jukka, Luukkala, Vesa-Veikko, Oliver, Ian Justin
• Granted Patent: US 9,396,040 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4856 resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration G06F9/5088 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5088 involving task migration

Abstract

An approach is provided for providing multi-level distributed computations. A distributed computation manager receives at least one request to migrate at least one computation closure within a computational architecture, the computational architecture comprising a plurality of architectural levels including, at least in part, a device level, an infrastructure level, and a cloud computing level. The distributed computation manager also determines to select at least one of the architectural levels based, at least in part, on a determination of whether the network infrastructure level can support the at least one computation closure. The distributed computation manager further determines to migrate the at least one computation closure to the selected at least one of the architectural levels.

Claims

1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one request to migrate at least one computation closure within a computational architecture, the computational architecture comprising a plurality of architectural levels including, at least in part, a device level, an infrastructure level, and a cloud computing level;

at least one selection of at least one of the architectural levels based, at least in part, on a determination of whether the network infrastructure level can support the at least one computation closure; and

at least one migration of the at least one computation closure to the selected at least one of the architectural levels.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination to map, to verify, and/or to validate one or more elements, one or more functions, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one computation closure against one or more other elements, one or more other functions, or a combination thereof of one or more other computation closures associated with any one or more of the architectural levels,

wherein the at least one selection of the at least one architectural level is based, at least in part, on the mapping.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

one or more predetermined configurations for distributing the at least one computation closure,

wherein the at least one selection of the at least one of the architectural levels is based, at least in part, on the one or more predetermined configurations.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination an alignment of the at least one computation closures among one or more of the architectural levels,

wherein the at least one selection of the at least one of the architectural levels is based, at least in part, on the alignment.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

resource availability information associated with the selected at least one of architectural levels; and

at least one determination of at least one recommendation, at least one instruction, or a combination thereof for increasing resource availability at the selected at least one of the architectural levels.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

one or more changes at the selected at least one of the architectural levels; and

at least one determination to reject, to delay, to withdraw, and/or to redistribute the migration of the at least one computation closure based, at least in part, on the one or more changes.

7. A method of claim 1, wherein one or more nodes of the infrastructure level include, at least in part, a set of computation closures used by one or more devices at the device level that have connectivity to the network infrastructure level via the one or more nodes.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more nodes include, at least in part, one or more backbones, one or more base stations, one or more routers, or a combination thereof.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the device level includes one or more devices, the infrastructure level includes one or more infrastructures, and the cloud computing level includes one or more backend services.

10. A method of claim 1, wherein the selected at least one of the architectural levels is announced within the computational architecture.

11. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least process and/or facilitate a processing of at least one result of;

at least one request to migrate at least one computation closure within a computational architecture, the computational architecture comprising a plurality of architectural levels including, at least in part, a device level, an infrastructure level, and a cloud computing level;

at least one selection of at least one of the architectural levels based, at least in part, on a determination of whether the network infrastructure level can support the at least one computation closure; and

at least one migration of the at least one computation closure to the selected at least one of the architectural levels.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one result is further based, at least in part, on:

at least one mapping, at least one verification, and/or at least one validation of one or more elements, one or more functions, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one computation closure against one or more other elements, one or more other functions, or a combination thereof of one or more other computation closures associated with any one or more of the architectural levels,

wherein the at least one selection of the at least one computation closure is based, at least in part, on the mapping.

13. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one result is further based, at least in part, on:

one or more predetermined configurations for distributing the at least one computation closure,

wherein the determining to select the at least one of the architectural levels is based, at least in part, on the one or more predetermined configurations.

14. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one result is further based, at least in part, on:

an alignment of the at least one computation closures among one or more of the architectural levels,

wherein the determining to select the at least one of the architectural levels is based, at least in part, on the alignment.

15. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one result is further based, at least in part, on:

resource availability information associated with the selected at least one of architectural levels; and

at least one recommendation, at least one instruction, or a combination thereof for increasing resource availability at the selected at least one of the architectural levels.

16. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one result is further based, at least in part, on:

one or more changes at the selected at least one of the architectural levels; and

at least one determination to reject, to delay, to withdraw, and/or to redistribute the migration of the at least one computation closure based, at least in part, on the one or more changes.

17. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein one or more nodes of the infrastructure level include, at least in part, a set of computation closures used by one or more devices at the device level that have connectivity to the network infrastructure level via the one or more nodes.

18. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more nodes include, at least in part, one or more backbones, one or more base stations, one or more routers, or a combination thereof.

19. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the device level includes one or more devices, the infrastructure level includes one or more infrastructures, and the cloud computing level includes one or more backend services.

20. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the selected at least one of the architectural levels is announced within the computational architecture.

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