Method and apparatus for load balancing in multi-level distributed computations

摘要

An approach is provided for providing load balancing in multi-level distributed computations. A distributed computation control platform determines closure capability data associated with respective levels of a computational architecture, wherein the respective levels include, at least in part, a device level, an infrastructure level, and a cloud computing level. The distributed computation control platform also determines functional flow information of the respective levels, one or more nodes of the respective levels, or a combination thereof with respect to at least one set of one or more computation closures. The distributed computation control platform further determines to cause, at least in part, processing at least the closure capability data, the functional flow information, or a combination thereof to determine: (a) a distribution of the one or more computation closures among the respective levels, (b) the one or more nodes, or (c) a combination thereof.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining closure capability data associated with respective levels of a computational architecture, wherein the respective levels include, at least in part, a device level, an infrastructure level, and a cloud computing level, wherein the infrastructure level is part of a communication network, each of the device level and the cloud computing level are connected to, but separate from the communication network, and the communication network includes the Internet; determining functional flow information of (i) the respective levels, (ii) one or more nodes of the respective levels, or (iii) a combination thereof with respect to at least one set of one or more computation closures; and determining to cause, at least in part, processing of at least the closure capability data, the functional flow information, or a combination thereof to determine a distribution of the one or more computation closures among the respective levels, the one or more nodes, or a combination thereof, wherein the one or more computation closures correspond to one or more particular computation procedures to be performed.