Method and apparatus for optimizing mobile edge computing for nomadic computing capabilities as a service
A system and method for operating an edge compute advisory system comprising a network adapter to receive a compute work request from a client device seeking edge computing resources of a mobile edge computing system, wherein the compute work request includes processing resource requirements to meet the compute work request. A processor to determine a plurality of mobile edge computing systems within a neighborhood range of an estimated client device location, and the network adapter to receive advertisement messages indicating availability of the plurality of mobile edge computing systems and including an address location for secured historical compute trust references for each advertising mobile edge computing system. The processor executing machine readable executable code instructions of the edge compute advisory system to access and receive the historical trust references for a plurality of candidate mobile edge computing resources accessible to the client device location, and determine an optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner from among the plurality of candidate mobile edge computing systems based on a minimal level of trust category or rating for the mobile edge computing system.
1. An information handling system operating an edge compute advisory system comprising:
a network adapter to receive a compute work request from a client device seeking edge computing resources of a mobile edge computing system, wherein the compute work request includes processing resource requirements to meet the compute work request;
a processor to determine a plurality of mobile edge computing systems within a neighborhood range of an estimated client device location;
the network adapter to receive advertisement messages indicating availability of the plurality of mobile edge computing systems and including an address location for secured historical compute trust references for each advertising mobile edge computing system;
the processor executing machine readable executable code instructions of the edge compute advisory system to:
associate a first credential with a block chain of historical trust references wherein each block in the block chain include a time-stamped record of a compute delivery in response to compute requests, and decrypt and access the historical trust references for a plurality of candidate mobile edge computing resources accessible to the client device location; and
determine an optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner from among the plurality of candidate mobile edge computing systems based on a minimal level of trust category or rating for the mobile edge computing system.
2. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 1 , wherein the processing resource requirements to meet the compute work request includes a designation of minimum CPU core units required, a minimum level of memory available, or a time of completion required.
3. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 1 further comprising:
the processor selecting the optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner to execute the compute work request.
4. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 1 further comprising:
a memory for receiving a plurality of block chains of the historical compute trust references for the plurality of mobile edge computing systems and
access the historical trust references for the plurality of candidate mobile edge computing systems.
5. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 4 further comprising:
the network adapter receiving an indication of a completion of the compute work request including time taken and status of completion; and
the processor executing machine readable executable code instructions of the edge compute advisory system to add a block of a time-stamped record of a compute delivery in response to the compute work request to the block chain of historical trust references for the optimal candidate mobile edge computing system.
6. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 5 further comprising:
the processor executing code instructions to:
determine a normalized trust criteria rating for the completed compute work request based on the time taken and status of completion relative to the processing resource requirements received to meet the compute work request.
7. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 1 , wherein the determining the optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner is further based on an ability for the mobile edge computing system to currently accommodate the processing resource requirements of the compute work request.
8. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 1 further comprising:
the processor to determine the optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner from among the plurality of candidate mobile edge computing systems further based a trust category ranking or a normalized trust criteria rating generated from recorded completion, errors, completion time, or security issues in the historical trust references.
9. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 1 further comprising:
the processor executing code instructions to:
designate a mobile edge computing system as unavailable for compute work requests if the historical trust references for that mobile edge computing system do not meet a minimum threshold rating.
10. A method of operating an edge compute advisory system comprising:
receive a compute work request via a network adapter from an IoT device seeking edge computing resources of a mobile edge computing system, wherein the compute work request includes processing resource requirements to meet the compute work request;
determining a plurality of mobile edge computing systems within a neighborhood range of an estimated client device location;
receiving advertisement messages for availability of the plurality of mobile edge computing systems and including an address location for secured historical compute trust references for each advertising mobile edge computing system;
executing machine readable executable code instructions, via a processor, of the edge compute advisory system to:
associate a first credential with a block chain of historical trust references wherein each block in the block chain include a time-stamped record of a compute delivery in response to compute requests, and decrypt and access the historical trust references for the plurality of candidate mobile edge computing that sent advertisement messages indicating availability; and
determine an optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner from among the plurality of candidate mobile edge computing systems based on a trust category level or a normalized trust criteria score generated from recorded completion, errors, completion time, or security issues in the historical trust references.
11. The method of operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 10 further comprising:
determining the optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner from among the plurality of candidate mobile edge computing systems further based on an ability for the optimal mobile edge computing resources partner to currently accommodate the processing resource requirements of the compute work request.
12. The method of operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 10 , wherein determining the optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner is further based on a minimal power consumption to communicate between the mobile edge computing system and the client device.
13. The method of operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 10 further comprising:
determining a trust category level or a normalized trust criteria rating for the completed compute work request based on a received trust compute policy with respect to performance factors for mobile edge computing system; and
adding the trust category level or the normalized trust criteria rating to the historical trust references for the optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner.
14. The method of operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 10 further comprising:
selecting a local channel for communication of advertisement messages from the plurality of mobile edge computing systems to the edge compute advisory system.
15. An information handling system operating an edge compute advisory system comprising:
a network adapter to select a local channel for communication of advertisement messages to an edge compute advisory system;
a processor to determine a plurality of mobile edge computing systems within a neighborhood range of the information handling system;
the network adapter to send a compute work request seeking edge computing resources, wherein the compute work request includes processing resource requirements to meet the compute work request;
the network adapter to receive advertisement messages for availability of the plurality of available mobile edge computing systems wherein at least some of the mobile edge computing systems are subscriber-based edge computing resources;
a processor executing machine readable executable code instructions of the edge compute advisory system to:
associate a first credential with a block chain of historical trust references wherein each block in the block chain include a time-stamped record of a compute delivery in response to compute requests, and decrypt and access the historical trust references for the plurality of candidate mobile edge computing resources; and
determine an optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner from among the plurality of candidate mobile edge computing systems based on a minimal level of trust category level for the mobile edge computing system.
16. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 15 , wherein the determining the optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner is further based on an overall cost level to access the mobile edge computing system.
17. The information handling system operating an edge compute advisory system of claim 15 , further comprising:
the network adapter accessing a block chain of a historical compute trust references for one or more candidate mobile edge computing systems at a web address, each block in a block chain including a time-stamped record of a compute delivery in response to compute requests; and
the processor to associate a first credential with the block chain of historical trust references, and decrypt the historical trust references.
18. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 15 ,
further comprising:
the processor to send compensation for provision of the optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner from a digital wallet as compensation for the compute work request completion by the optimal candidate mobile edge computing resources partner.
19. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 15 ,
further comprising:
the processor to send compensation to data miners who process the historical compute trust references in block chains from a digital wallet.
20. The information handling system operating the edge compute advisory system of claim 15 further comprising:
the network adapter establishing an indication of a completion of the compute work request including time taken and status of completion of the compute work request for inclusion as a historical trust references entry for the optimal candidate mobile edge computing system.