| 摘要 |
A mobile telecommunications network including a core 912 and a radio access network having a plurality of radio units 906A-906F for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes a plurality of control units 700A (700, figure 6), each control unit being associated with one or more of the radio units 906A for providing resource capabilities 901 for use by the radio units, and wherein the network further includes a central controller 900 coupled to the control units 700A for accessing the resource capabilities thereof and operable to make available to (broker) one or more resource consuming entities a pool of resources (edge cloud 904) which are derived from the spare/surplus resource capabilities (platform clouds 902A-902F) of the platforms/control units 700A. |
