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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2022
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
At&t Technical Services Company, Inc., Vienna, VA (US);
Mark Stockert, San Antonio, TX (US);
Pamela Stuckman, Kalkaska, MI (US);
Linda Baughman, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Vivanco, Ashburn, VA (US);
Harold Kackley, Abita Springs, LA (US);
Margaret Mayne, West Haven, CT (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Technical Services Company, Inc., Vienna, VA (US);
Abstract
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.