ENERGY-AWARE EXECUTION AND ALLOCATION OF SERVICES IN MOBILE NETWORKS

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of operating a scheduling function for functional components of a mobile network. The method comprises receiving a message, comprising one of: a capability advertisement message of a first execution node of the mobile network, the capability advertisement message comprising default execution capabilities or actual execution capabilities of the first execution node; and a scheduling request message for a functional component of the mobile network, the scheduling request message comprising execution requirements of the functional component. The method further comprises, in response to a received capability advertisement message, re-scheduling one or more functional components running on the first execution node of the mobile network on one or more second execution nodes of the mobile network in accordance with the execution requirements of the respective functional component and a respective execution capability of each execution node of the mobile network.

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