Patent ID: 11916755
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. An Internet of Things (IoT) device for execution of a deep neural network (DNN) in an IoT-edge network, the IoT device comprising:
a transceiver;
at least one processor; and
a memory, communicatively coupled to the processor,
wherein the memory stores processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
select at least one edge device from a plurality of edge devices within communication range of the IoT device to offload computations related to at least one DNN layer of a plurality of DNN layers, wherein the plurality of edge devices are devices having a higher computing capability than the IoT device,
identify a network for connecting the IoT device with the selected at least one edge device,
determine a split ratio for splitting a computation task based on at least one of an inference time of the DNN and a transmission time required for transmitting output of each layer of the DNN from the IoT device to the selected at least one edge device,
split the plurality of layers of the DNN into a first part and a second part based on the determined split ratio, and
control the transceiver to transmit the second part to the selected at least one edge device through the network,

wherein computation task of the first part is executed on the IoT device and computation task of the second part is executed on the selected at least one edge device.