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Patent US10587721


Issued 2020-03-10

Small Cell Edge Computing Platform

A small cell may include a base station that may be co-located with an edge computing device. The edge computing device may be integrated within a small cell base station or be a physically separate module communicatively coupled to and in close proximity with the small cell base station that provides edge computing resources at the small cell. The processing responsibilities associated with received data may be split or divided between the edge computing device and a target mobile device. For example, a portion of data processing may be performed by the edge computing device and the remaining portion of data processing may be performed by the target mobile device. The distribution of processing responsibilities may be based on radio link conditions or conditions (e.g., power state or processing capabilities) associated with the target mobile device.



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  • 1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving a plurality of versions of data to be delivered to a mobile device in a first small cell, the plurality of versions of data compressed with a first compression algorithm and comprising different versions of the same data; and distributing processing of the plurality of versions of data between computing resources of the mobile device and computing resources of an edge computing device based at least in part on a processing capability of the mobile device, wherein the edge computing device is co-located with a first base station of the first small cell or a second base station of a neighboring second small cell that is in communication with the first small cell, and wherein distributing the processing of the plurality of versions of data between the computing resources comprises: selecting a version of data of the plurality of versions of data to transmit to the mobile device based at least in part on an operating context of the mobile device or a quality of a radio link used for communication between the mobile device and the first base station; decompressing the version of data compressed with the first compression algorithm; and recompressing the decompressed version of data according to a second compression algorithm that has a lower compression level than the first compression algorithm and that is based at least in part on the processing capability of the mobile device and the quality of the radio link used for communication between the mobile device and the first base station.

  • 13. An apparatus for wireless communication at a wireless device, comprising: means for receiving a plurality of versions of data to be delivered to a mobile device in a first small cell, the plurality of versions of data compressed with a first compression algorithm and comprising different versions of the same data; and means for distributing processing of the plurality of versions of data between computing resources of the mobile device and computing resources of an edge computing device based at least in part on a processing capability of the mobile device, wherein the edge computing device is co-located with a first base station of the first small cell or a second base station of a neighboring second small cell that is in communication with the first small cell, and wherein the means for distributing the processing of the plurality of versions of data between the computing resources comprises: means for selecting a version of data of the plurality of versions of data to transmit to the mobile device based at least in part on an operating context of the mobile device or a quality of a radio link used for communication between the mobile device and the first base station; means for decompressing the version of data compressed with the first compression algorithm; and means for recompressing the decompressed version of data according to a second compression algorithm that has a lower compression level than the first compression algorithm and that is based at least in part on the processing capability of the mobile device and the quality of the radio link used for communication between the mobile device and the first base station.

  • 25. An apparatus for communication at a wireless device, comprising: a processor; memory in electronic communication with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to: receive a plurality of versions of data to be delivered to a mobile device in a first small cell, the plurality of versions of data compressed with a first compression algorithm and comprising different versions of the same data; and distribute processing of the plurality of versions of data between computing resources of the mobile device and computing resources of an edge computing device based at least in part on a processing capability of the mobile device, wherein the edge computing device is co-located with a first base station of the first small cell or a second base station of a neighboring second small cell that is in communication with the first small cell, and wherein instructions executable to distribute the processing of the plurality of versions of data between the computing resources comprise instructions executable to: select a version of data of the plurality of versions of data to transmit to the mobile device based at least in part on an operating context of the mobile device or a quality of a radio link used for communication between the mobile device and the first base station; decompress the version of data compressed with the first compression algorithm; and recompress the decompressed version of data according to a second compression algorithm that has a lower compression level than the first compression algorithm and that is based at least in part on the processing capability of the mobile device and the quality of the radio link used for communication between the mobile device and the first base station.

  • 28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for communication at a wireless device, the code comprising instructions executable to: receive a plurality of versions of data to be delivered to a mobile device in a first small cell, the plurality of versions of data compressed with a first compression algorithm and comprising different versions of the same data; and distribute processing of the the plurality of versions of data between computing resources of the mobile device and computing resources of an edge computing device based at least in part on a processing capability of the mobile device, wherein the edge computing device is co-located with a first base station of the first small cell or a second base station of a neighboring second small cell that is in communication with the first small cell, and wherein the instructions executable to distribute the processing of the plurality of versions of data between the computing resources comprise instructions executable to: select a version of data of the plurality of versions of data to transmit to the mobile device based at least in part on an operating context of the mobile device or a quality of a radio link used for communication between the mobile device and the first base station; decompress the version of data compressed with the first compression algorithm; and recompress the decompressed version of data according to a second compression algorithm that has a lower compression level than the first compression algorithm and that is based at least in part on the processing capability of the mobile device and the quality of the radio link used for communication between the mobile device and the first base station.