Inter-Telecommunications Edge Cloud Protocols
First Claim
1. A first telecommunications edge cloud (TEC) element within a federation, comprising:
- computing resources comprising a plurality of processors;
networking resources coupled to the computing resources and comprising a plurality of network input and output ports, wherein the networking resources are configured to;
transmit a first general update message to a plurality of second TEC elements within the federation, wherein the first general update message comprises a first generic resource container of the first TEC element, wherein the first generic resource container identifies a total amount of resource capacity of the first TEC element, and wherein the federation containing the second TEC elements and the first TEC element share resources to provide at least one of data and services to a requesting client;
transmit a first application-specific update message to the second TEC elements within the federation, wherein the first application-specific update message comprises a first application-specific resource container of the first TEC element, and wherein the first application-specific resource container identifies an amount of resources reserved by the first TEC element for an application; and
receive a plurality of second resource update messages from the second TEC elements within the federation, wherein each of the second resource update messages comprise a second generic resource container and a second application-specific resource container, wherein the second generic resource container identifies a total amount of resource capacity of each of the second TEC elements, and wherein the second application-specific resource container identifies an amount of resources reserved by the each of the second TEC elements for the application; and
storage resources coupled to the computing resources and the networking resources and configured to store the second generic resource container and the second application-specific resource container for each of the second TEC elements,wherein the first TEC element and the second TEC elements are deployed between the client and a packet network.
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Abstract
A first telecommunications edge cloud (TEC) element deployed between a client and a packet network includes a TEC hardware layer including storage resources, networking resources, and computing resources, wherein the computing resources include a plurality of processors. The networking resources are configured to transmit a first general update message to a plurality of second TEC elements within a federation, transmit a first application-specific update message to the second TEC elements within the federation, and receive a plurality of second update messages from the second TEC elements that are associated with the federation. The federation includes the second TEC elements and the first TEC element and shares resources to provide data and services to a requesting client. The storage resources are coupled to the computing resources and the networking resources and configured to store a second generic resource container and second application-specific resource container for each of the second TEC elements.
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20 Claims
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1. A first telecommunications edge cloud (TEC) element within a federation, comprising:
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computing resources comprising a plurality of processors; networking resources coupled to the computing resources and comprising a plurality of network input and output ports, wherein the networking resources are configured to; transmit a first general update message to a plurality of second TEC elements within the federation, wherein the first general update message comprises a first generic resource container of the first TEC element, wherein the first generic resource container identifies a total amount of resource capacity of the first TEC element, and wherein the federation containing the second TEC elements and the first TEC element share resources to provide at least one of data and services to a requesting client; transmit a first application-specific update message to the second TEC elements within the federation, wherein the first application-specific update message comprises a first application-specific resource container of the first TEC element, and wherein the first application-specific resource container identifies an amount of resources reserved by the first TEC element for an application; and receive a plurality of second resource update messages from the second TEC elements within the federation, wherein each of the second resource update messages comprise a second generic resource container and a second application-specific resource container, wherein the second generic resource container identifies a total amount of resource capacity of each of the second TEC elements, and wherein the second application-specific resource container identifies an amount of resources reserved by the each of the second TEC elements for the application; and storage resources coupled to the computing resources and the networking resources and configured to store the second generic resource container and the second application-specific resource container for each of the second TEC elements, wherein the first TEC element and the second TEC elements are deployed between the client and a packet network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for providing cloud computing services to a client, comprising:
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computing resources comprising a plurality of processors; networking resources coupled to the computing resources and comprising a plurality of network input and output ports, wherein the networking resources are configured to; transmit a first general update message to a plurality of second TEC elements that within a federation, wherein the first general update message comprises a first generic resource container of the apparatus, wherein the first generic resource container identifies a total amount of resource capacity of the apparatus, and wherein the federation containing the second TEC elements and the apparatus share resources to provide at least one of data and services to a requesting client; transmit a first application-specific update message to the second TEC elements within the federation, wherein the first application-specific update message comprises a first application-specific resource container of the apparatus, and wherein the first application-specific resource container identifies an amount of resources reserved by the first TEC for an application; receive a plurality of second update messages from the second TEC elements within the federation, wherein each of the second update messages comprise at least one of a second generic resource container and a second application-specific resource container, wherein the second generic resource container identifies a total amount of resource capacity of each of the second TEC elements, and wherein the second application-specific resource container identifies an amount of resources reserved by the each of the second TEC elements for the application; and storage resources coupled to the computing resources and the networking resources and configured to store the second generic resource container and the second application-specific resource container for each of the second TEC elements, wherein the first TEC element and the second TEC elements are deployed between the client and a packet network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method implemented by a first telecommunications edge cloud (TEC) element within a federation, comprising:
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receiving, using networking resources of the first TEC element, a plurality of resource update messages from a plurality of second TEC elements within the federation, wherein the resource update message comprises at least one of a generic resource container and an application-specific resource container, wherein the generic resource container comprises information about a total amount of resources available at each of the second TEC elements, wherein the application-specific resource container comprises information about an amount of resources reserved for an application at each of the second TEC elements, wherein the federation comprises the second TEC elements and the first TEC element that share resources and provide requested data or services to a client; storing, in storage resources coupled to the networking resources of the first TEC element, the generic resource container and the application-specific resource container; and sharing the storage resources, computing resources, and the networking resources of the first TEC element with the second TEC elements in the federation according to the generic resource container and the application-specific resource container, wherein the first TEC element and the second TEC elements are deployed between the client and a packet network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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