US 11,706,291 B2
Control of offloading of calculation tasks in multi-access edge computing
Emilio Calvanese Strinati, Grenoble (FR); and Serge Bories, Grenoble (FR)
Assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, Paris (FR)
Filed by COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, Paris (FR)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/340,689.
Claims priority of application No. 20 05951 (FR), filed on Jun. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0385271 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 67/1036 (2022.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01); H04L 67/101 (2022.01); H04L 67/1031 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1036 (2013.01) [H04L 67/101 (2013.01); H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 67/1031 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for offloading calculation tasks between a user terminal and an edge host device in a communication network according to a multi-access edge computing technique, including steps of:
offloading data necessary for execution of the calculation from the user terminal to the edge host device, and
transmitting data resulting from the calculation carried out by the edge host device, from the edge host device to the user terminal, the offloading of data being controlled on the basis of a criterion of energy efficiency,
wherein the offloading of data is further controlled by a criterion of minimization of exposure of a user of the user terminal to electromagnetic fields, a value of exposure of the user to electromagnetic fields being calculated according to one or more of the following criteria:
a measurement of momentary radiofrequency electromagnetic dosimetry or a cumulative dose over a time window,
the exposure to electromagnetic fields on a basis of specific exposure maps, and
a sum of exposure of the user or of an identified group of people to electromagnetic fields, this exposure being caused by the user terminal or by other sources of electromagnetic fields close to the user terminal.