Patent US10587721

Small cell edge computing platform
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US10587721

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: (10) (2)

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.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (0) (2)

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating context comprises at least one of a user preference, a power state of the mobile device, a processing headroom of the mobile device, or a time of day. (0)

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (0) (2)

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (1) (2)

receiving, at the edge computing device, an indication of an operating context of the mobile device; and

allocating a processing distribution between the computing resources of the mobile device and the computing resources of the edge computing device based at least in part on the indication.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising: (0) (1)

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (0) (2)

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (0) (3)

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (0) (3)

10. The method of claim 1, wherein wireless communication resources of the first base station are housed in a first module; and (0) (1)

11. The method of claim 1, wherein: (0) (2)

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first small cell comprises a wireless wide area network (WWAN) transceiver and a wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver. (0)

13. An apparatus for wireless communication at a wireless device, comprising: (10) (2)

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.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: (0) (2)

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the operating context comprises at least one of a user preference, a power state of the mobile device, a processing headroom of the mobile device, or a time of day. (0)

16. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: (0) (2)

17. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: (1) (2)

means for receiving, at the edge computing device, an indication of an operating context of the mobile device; and

means for allocating a processing distribution between the computing resources of the mobile device and the computing resources of the edge computing device based at least in part on the indication.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising: (0) (1)

19. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: (0) (2)

20. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: (0) (2)

21. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: (0) (3)

22. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein (0) (2)

23. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein: (0) (2)

24. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first small cell comprises a wireless wide area network (WWAN) transceiver and a wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver. (0)

25. An apparatus for communication at a wireless device, comprising: (2) (3)

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.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to: (0) (2)

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the instructions executable to distribute the processing of the plurality of versions of data between computing resources are further executable by the processor to: (0) (2)

28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for communication at a wireless device, the code comprising instructions executable to: (0) (2)

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

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