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Granted Patent B2
US 11,558,911 · App. 17/211,644 · Granted Jan 17, 2023

Communication method and device for edge computing system

Inventors: Hyesung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Sunghoon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jicheol Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W76/11H04W4/50H04W76/12H04W80/10
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Patent No.
US 11,558,911
App. No.
17/211,644
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment, a method of a user equipment (UE) in a communication system supporting an edge computing service using an edge data network including a first server providing, to the UE, first configuration information for application data traffic and a second server exchanging, with the UE, the application data traffic comprises transmitting a service provisioning request to a third server providing second configuration information for a connection with the first server and receiving, from the third server, a service provisioning response including network identification information related to a list of the first server or the second server in response to transmitting the service provisioning request.

Claims (45)

1. A method of a user equipment (UE) including an edge enabler client (EEC) in a communication system supporting an edge computing service using an edge data network including an edge enabler server (EES) and an edge application server (EAS) exchanging, with the UE, application data traffic, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the EEC, a service provisioning request to an edge configuration server (ECS) providing configuration information for a connection with the EES; and

receiving, by the EEC from the ECS, a service provisioning response including information of one or more data network access identifiers (DNAIs) associated with the EES in response to transmitting the service provisioning request,

wherein the information of the one or more DNAIs is mapped to the EES accessible via a user plane function (UPF) to which the UE is connected.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information of the one or more DNAIs is included in EES list information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the edge data network includes one or more EESs and one or more EASs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the service provisioning response further comprises:

receiving the information of the one or more DNAIs for the EES determined by the ECS, and selecting, based on the one or more DNAIs, the EES; and

connecting, based on the one or more DNAIs, to the EES.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service provisioning response further includes one or more DNAIs associated with the EAS.

6. A user equipment (UE) including an edge enabler client (EEC) in a communication system supporting an edge computing service using an edge data network including an edge enabler server (EES) and a EAS exchanging, with the UE, application data traffic, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver by the EEC, a service provisioning request to a ECS providing configuration information for a connection with the EES, and

receive, by the EEC via the transceiver from the ECS, a service provisioning response including information of information of one or more data network access identifiers (DNAIs) associated with the EES in response to transmitting the service provisioning request,

wherein the information of the one or more DNAIs is mapped to the EES accessible via a user plane function (UPF) to which the UE is connected.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the information of the one or more DNAIs is included in EES list information.

8. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the edge data network includes one or more EESs and one or more EASs.

9. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive the information of the one or more DNAIs for the EES determined by the ECS, and

selecting, based on the one or more DNAIs, the EES; and

connect, based on the one or more DNAIs, to the EES.

10. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the service provisioning response further includes one or more DNAIs associated with the EAS.

11. A method of an edge configuration server (ECS) providing configuration information for a connection with an edge enabler server (EES) in a communication system supporting an edge computing service using an edge data network including the EES and an edge application server (EAS) exchanging, with a user equipment (UE) including an edge enabler client (EEC), application data traffic, the method comprising:

receiving a registration request including one or more data network access identifiers (DNAIs) associated with the EES from the EES over the edge data network;

transmitting a registration response including a registration result to the EES;

receiving a service provisioning request from the EEC of the UE; and

transmitting, to the EEC of the UE, a service provisioning response including information of the one or more DNAIs associated with the EES in response to receiving the service provisioning request,

wherein the information of the one or more DNAIs is mapped to the EES accessible via a user plane function (UPF) to which the UE is connected.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the information of the one or more DNAIs is included in EES list information.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the edge data network includes one or more EESs and one or more EASs.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more DNAIs are determined based on location information for the UE or DNAI information corresponding to a server accessible via the UPF being currently connected with the UE.

15. The method of claim 11 , the service provisioning response further includes one or more DNAIs associated with the EAS.

16. An edge configuration server (ECS) providing second configuration information for a connection with an edge enabler server (EES) in a communication system supporting an edge computing service using an edge data network including the EES and an edge application server (EAS) exchanging, with a user equipment LUE) including an edge enabler client (EEC), application data traffic, the ECS comprising:

a communication interface; and

a processor configured to:

receive a registration request including one or more data network access identifiers (DNAIs) associated with the EES from the EES over the edge data network,

transmit a registration response including a registration result to the EES,

receive a service provisioning request from the EEC of the UE via the communication interface, and

transmit, to the EEC of the UE via the communication interface, a service provisioning response including information of the one or more DNAIs associated with the EES in response to receiving the service provisioning request,

wherein the information of the one or more DNAIs is mapped to the EES accessible via a user plane function (UPF) to which the UE is connected.

17. The ECS of claim 16 , wherein the information of the one or more DNAIs is included in EES list information.

18. The ECS of claim 16 , wherein the edge data network includes one or more EESs and one or more EASs.

19. The ECS of claim 16 , wherein the one or more DNAIs are determined based on location information for the UE or DNAI information corresponding to a server accessible via a user plane function (UPF) being currently connected with the UE.

20. The ECS of claim 16 , the service provisioning response further includes one or more DNAIs associated with the EAS.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2021
From: KIM, HYESUNG; KIM, SUNGHOON; LEE, JICHEOL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055706/0821 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0036514 · Mar 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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