Patent ID: 11909614
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a device, a latency requirement of a user equipment (UE);
determining, by the device, a first set of latencies between the UE and a first multi-access edge computing (MEC) device;
determining, by the device, a second set of latencies between the UE and a second MEC device;
comparing, by the device, the latency requirement and a first latency of the first set of latencies to determine a probability that the first MEC will not be able to meet the latency requirement during handoff based on a movement of the UE to a new cell or base station;
comparing, by the device, the latency requirement and a second latency of the second set of latencies; and
selectively initiating, by the device, a MEC handoff of the UE to the first MEC device or the second MEC device based on comparing the latency requirement, the first latency, and the second latency.