Granted Patent B2

US 12,388,907 · App. 17/991,551 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Inventors: Biljana Badic (Munich, DE); Babar Qaisrani (Issaquah, WA); Bernd W. Adler (San Jose, CA); Christian Drewes (Germering, DE); Matthias Sauer (San Jose, CA); Mikhail Wilhelm (Munich, DE); Sabine Roessel (Munich, DE)

Assignee: Apple Inc.

H04L67/566

Abstract

Claims (33)

1. A method comprising:

processing a request for proxy services received from an edge group services entity, wherein the request for proxy services identifies a plurality of devices of an edge group;

generating, for transmission to the edge group services entity and based on the request, a confirmation of proxy services; and

based on the request, distributing edge group metadata to at least one device of the edge group.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is received within at least one transmission from a radio access network.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

processing a message received from the edge group services entity, the message indicating the request for proxy services and the edge group metadata.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

processing the edge group metadata, wherein the edge group metadata is received from the edge group services entity subsequent to transmission of the confirmation of proxy services.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the edge group metadata is received within at least one transmission from a radio access network.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the edge group metadata indicates at least one among an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an edge server, a port number of an edge server, a connectivity status of an edge server, or an offloading capability of an edge server.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the edge group metadata indicates an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an edge application server.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein distributing the edge group metadata to the at least one device of the edge group includes outputting the edge group metadata for transmission to the at least one device of the edge group over a peer-to-peer connection.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said distributing the edge group metadata to the at least one device of the edge group is performed using network coding.

10. An apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry to:

process an edge group metadata and a request for proxy services received from an edge group services entity, wherein the request for proxy services identifies a plurality of devices of an edge group;

generate, for transmission to the edge group services entity and based on the request, a confirmation of proxy services; and

based on the request, distribute the edge group metadata to at least one device of the edge group; and

interface circuitry coupled with the processing circuitry to enable communication.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is to:

process the edge group metadata, wherein the edge group metadata is received from the edge group services entity subsequent to transmission of the confirmation of proxy services to the edge group services entity.

12. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause processing circuitry to:

process a request for proxy services received from an edge group services entity, wherein the request for proxy services identifies a plurality of devices of an edge group;

generate, for transmission to the edge group services entity and based on the request, a confirmation of proxy services; and

based on the request, distribute edge group metadata to at least one device of the edge group.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the request is received within at least one transmission from a radio access network.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to:

process a message received from the edge group services entity, the message indicating the request for proxy services and the edge group metadata.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processing circuitry to:

process the edge group metadata, wherein the edge group metadata is received from the edge group services entity subsequent to transmission of the confirmation of proxy services.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the edge group metadata is received within at least one transmission from a radio access network.

17. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the edge group metadata indicates at least one among an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an edge server, a port number of an edge server, a connectivity status of an edge server, or an offloading capability of an edge server.

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