Systems and methods for multicast services in an edge computing framework
A Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) device, associated with a base station, may include a processor configured to receive a request to send data to a plurality of user equipment (UE) devices. The MEC device may be further configured to determine that the data is to be delivered to the plurality of UE devices by the base station via multicast; determine signal quality values for the plurality of UE devices; select a subset of the plurality of UE devices based on the determined signal quality values; and send, using the base station, the data to the selected subset of the plurality of UE devices via multicast, and delaying or terminating delivery of the requested data to UE devices, of the plurality of UE devices, that are not in the selected subset.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a device, a request to send data to a user equipment (UE) device via unicast, wherein the device includes a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) device associated with a base station;
obtaining, by the device, a signal quality value for the UE device;
determining, by the device, that the obtained signal quality value is less than a signal quality value threshold; and
delaying or terminating, by the device, delivery of the data to the UE device via the base station, in response to determining that the obtained signal quality value is less than the signal quality value threshold.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the data is not available locally in a storage location associated with the MEC device; and
obtaining the data from a cloud device via a core network associated with the base station, in response to determining that the data is not available locally in the storage location associated with the MEC device.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a request to send other data to the UE device via unicast;
determining that another signal quality value is not less than the signal quality value threshold;
computing an execution time to deliver the other data to the UE device, in response to determining that the other signal quality value is not less than the signal quality value threshold;
determining that the computed execution time is greater than an execution time threshold; and
delaying or terminating the delivery of the requested other data to the UE device based on determining that the computed execution time is greater than the execution time threshold.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the execution time is computed based on a ratio of a size of the data and a throughput associated with the base station.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the throughput associated with the base station is based on a radio channel capacity associated with the base station and a number of UE devices serviced by the base station.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the throughput associated with the base station is based on a bandwidth associated with the base station and a signal to noise ratio associated with the base station.
7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the throughput associated with the base station is based on an antenna type associated with the base station.
8. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
determining that the other data is not available locally in a storage location associated with the MEC device;
obtaining the data from a cloud device via a core network associated with the base station, in response to determining that the other data is not available locally in the storage location associated with the MEC device; and
wherein the execution time is further computed based on a time to obtain the other data from the cloud device.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a request to send other data to a plurality of UE devices via multicast;
determining signal quality values for the plurality of UE devices;
selecting a subset of the plurality of UE devices based on the determined signal quality values; and
sending the other data to the selected subset of the plurality of UE devices via multicast, and delay or terminate delivery of the requested other data to UE devices, of the plurality of UE devices, that are not in the selected subset.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a request to send other data to a plurality of UE devices via multicast;
computing an execution time to deliver the other data to the plurality of UE devices;
determining that the computed execution time is less than an execution time threshold; and
sending the other data to the plurality of UE devices via multicast, in response to determining that the computed execution time is less than the execution time threshold.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal quality value includes at least one of:
a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) value,
a Receive Strength Signal Indicator (RSSI) value,
a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) value,
a Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) value, or
a Signal to Interference Plus Noise Ratio (SINR) value.
12. A device comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive a request to send data to a user equipment (UE) device via unicast, wherein the device includes a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) device associated with a base station;
obtain a signal quality value for the UE device;
determine that the obtained signal quality value is less than a signal quality value threshold; and
delay or terminate delivery of the data to the UE device via the base station, in response to determining that the obtained signal quality value is less than the signal quality value threshold.
13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine that the data is not available locally in a storage location associated with the MEC device; and
obtain the data from a cloud device via a core network associated with the base station, in response to determining that the data is not available locally in the storage location associated with the MEC device.
14. The device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a request to send other data to the UE device via unicast;
determine that another signal quality value is not less than the signal quality value threshold;
compute an execution time to deliver the other data to the UE device, in response to determining that the other signal quality value is not less than the signal quality value threshold;
determine that the computed execution time is greater than an execution time threshold; and
delay or terminate the delivery of the requested other data to the UE device based on determining that the computed execution time is greater than the execution time threshold.
15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the execution time is computed based on a ratio of a size of the data and a throughput associated with the base station.
16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the throughput associated with the base station is based on at least one of:
a radio channel capacity associated with the base station and a number of UE devices serviced by the base station;
a bandwidth associated with the base station and a signal to noise ratio associated with the base station; or
an antenna type associated with the base station.
17. The device of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine that the other data is not available locally in a storage location associated with the MEC device;
obtain the data from a cloud device via a core network associated with the base station, in response to determining that the other data is not available locally in the storage location associated with the MEC device; and
wherein the execution time is further computed based on a time to obtain the other data from the cloud device.
18. The device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a request to send other data to a plurality of UE devices via multicast;
compute an execution time to deliver the other data to the plurality of UE devices;
determine that the computed execution time is less than an execution time threshold; and
send the other data to the plurality of UE devices via multicast, in response to determining that the computed execution time is less than the execution time threshold.
19. The device of claim 12 , wherein the signal quality value includes at least one of:
a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) value,
a Receive Strength Signal Indicator (RSSI) value,
a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) value,
a Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) value, or
a Signal to Interference Plus Noise Ratio (SINR) value.
20. A system comprising:
a base station configured to:
provide wireless communication services to a plurality of user equipment (UE) devices; and
a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) device, associated with the base station, configured to:
receive a request to send data to a UE device, of the plurality of UE devices, via unicast;
obtain a signal quality value for the UE device;
determine that the obtained signal quality value is less than a signal quality value threshold; and
delay or terminate delivery of the data to the UE device via the base station, in response to determining that the obtained signal quality value is less than the signal quality value threshold.