At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p.

At&t Technical Services Company, Inc.

Harold Kackley

Daniel Vivanco

Mark Stockert

Linda Baughman

Pamela Stuckman

Margaret Mayne

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a plurality of mobile devices implementing an application, and identifying a group of mobile devices from among the plurality of mobile devices according to a first movement pattern of the group of mobile devices. Further aspects can include identifying a first mobile edge compute (MEC) node at a first location according to a proximity threshold that does not include a MEC agent for the application, and identifying a second MEC node at a second location that includes the MEC agent for the application according to the proximity threshold. Additional aspects can include determining a first network relative performance (NRP) metric associated with a first communications between the group of mobile devices and the second MEC node. The first communications are associated with the application. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Methods, systems, and devices for provisioning an application on a network node according to movement patterns and application parameters for mobile devices

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Abita Springs, LA, United States of America

Harold Kackley