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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2021
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Xueliang Chen, Shenzhen, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
Embodiments of this application disclose a method for deploying a virtual machine (VM) and a container to implement both container deployment and VM deployment in a multi-access edge computing (MEC) system. In the method, a unified orchestration function entity receives a deployment request, and determines that a deployment manner of an application is the container deployment or the VM deployment If the deployment manner of the application is the container deployment, a first resource allocation request is sent to an architecture manager, to request the architecture manager to deploy a container that can run an instance of the application. If the deployment manner of the application is the VM deployment, a resource allocation request is sent to a VIM, to request the VIM to deploy a VM that can run the instance of the application.