Patent ID: 9549349
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A network node comprising a memory and a controller, wherein said controller is configured to: detect that a handover for a mobile communications terminal from a first base station to a second base station is to be effected and in response thereto: determine if a first application module associated with the mobile communications terminal is to be migrated, wherein: if a determination is that the first application module associated with the mobile communications terminal is to be migrated, then, cause a migration of said first application module to be performed from the first micro data center to a receiving network node, wherein the controller is further configured to: wherein the determination is based on the programming and/or constraints of the corresponding application, the resources of the network nodes currently executing one or more of the application modules and/or the resources of a receiving network node, and wherein the controller is configured to migrate the application module and the second application module by: