Resource Provisioning Techniques in Multi-Access Edge Computing Environments: Outlook, Expression, and Beyond

Table 4

Description of the critical processes.

Process and mechanisms	Description
Request analysis process	Analyze the request based on its requirements to translate it into the VM allocation request
Resource selection process	Quantify and select the resources according to the request
Resource allocation mechanism	Affirm the SLA before allocating the resources needed to fulfill the request
Resource management mechanism	Efficient and effective deployment of resources