Method and system for jointly determining computational offloading and content prefetching in a cellular communication system

摘要

Provided is a method and system in a mobile wireless communication network for jointly determining computational offloading and data prefetching for a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in the mobile network. The method includes using a decision module in the mobile wireless communication network to process data indicative of mobile wireless communication network status including statuses of one or more UEs attached to the network. The decision module is configured to determine if the status of the mobile wireless communication network including said one or more UEs is sufficient to support joint computational offloading and data prefetching by at least one of the UEs. In the case that a positive determination is made, the decision module transmits a message to a UE to enable it to offload part of its computational load to one of a network edge computing node, a mobile wireless communication network server, and server in a network connected to the mobile wireless communication network; and to prefetch data to one of the network edge computing node, the mobile wireless communication network server, and a mobile wireless communication network data cache.