Patent ID: 11929880
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An edge computing (EC) entity for managing an EC system, the EC entity comprising one or more processors coupled to a memory, which, alone or in combination, are configured to execute a method comprising:
obtaining topology information of the EC system;
exposing the topology information to a network exposure function (NEF) or a policy control function (PCF) of a third generation partnership project (3GPP) system by using an interface between the EC system and the 3GPP system; and
exposing, as the topology information, a weight or a priority of each of a plurality of edge data centers (EDCs) in the EC system to the NEF or the PCF of the 3GPP system by using the interface between the EC system and the 3GPP system,
wherein the EC system belongs to a non-3GPP system.