Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Tommi Roth

Jouni Mäenpää

Jari Arkko

Abu Shohel Ahmed

Miljenko Opsenica

Tomas Mecklin

A method for selecting a media processing unit performed in a network node of a distributed cloud. The distributed cloud comprises two or more media processing units that handle media processing required by a media service. The method includes receiving, from a communication device, a request for the media service and obtaining, for each media processing unit, at least one configurable parameter value of a parameter relating to handling of the media service. The method also includes selecting, based on the at least one parameter value, a media processing unit for processing the requested media service for the communication device.

Method and network node for selecting a media processing unit based on a media service handling parameter value

The disclosure relates to a methodfor handling latency performed in a nodeof a distributed cloud. The nodeis configured to handle a subset of media processing required by a media service and the distributed cloudcomprising two or more such nodes, wherein a communication path for the media service is configured between at least a first and a second communication device. The media service is provided by media streams comprising media packets and the communication path involving two or more of the nodes. The methodcomprises: determiningprocessing delay of processing the media packet in the nodethe processing delay constituting a first delay contribution; attachingmetadata to the media packet, the metadata comprising information about the first delay contribution added to any accumulated delay contributions experienced by the media packet along the communication path.

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