ELASTIC TRANSFER AND ADAPTION OF MOBILE CLIENT CONTROLLED PROCESSES IN AN EDGE CLOUD COMPUTING LAYER

摘要

A method for initiating a transfer of an active slave process of a first type, which is executed in a first processing entity (10) of an edge cloud computing layer, to a second processing entity (10) of the edge cloud computing layer comprises the following a first mobile entity on: receiving () a first heat map in relation to the master-slave process of the first type, ranking based on a cost function, possible process sharing connections between the first mobile entity and one or more second processing entities () for the current location of the first mobile entity and / or a location of the first mobile entity in the near future, determining, based on the classification, one or more second processing entities () as potential target processing entities for transferring the slave process of the first type to them, and transmitting a processing entity transfer request (PETR ) to a control process that is included in the Edge cloud computing layer, wherein the request includes an identification of the active slave process of the first type and specifies at least one of the one or more second processing entities based on the classification as potential targets for transferring the active slave process from the first type on these were determined.