Granted Patent B2

US 12,200,585 · App. 18/314,468 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Inventor: Seung-Ik Lee (Daejeon, KR)

Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

H04W4/50H04W48/16

Abstract

Claims (30)

1. A method of dynamically triggering edge application server (EAS) instantiation, the method comprising:

triggering dynamic EAS instantiation in response to an EAS discovery subscription request;

transmitting a report on a need of instantiation of a target EAS; and

transmitting a result of the target EAS instantiation to an edge enabler server (EES) that transmits the EAS discovery subscription request,

wherein the triggering comprises determining whether EAS instantiation is required based on a number of service sessions of an EAS maintained by the EES.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the triggering comprises determining whether EAS instantiation is required based on information on an instantiable EAS.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information comprises dynamic EAS instantiation information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the triggering comprises, when an available EAS instance that matches an EAS discovery filter does not exist during EAS discovery, determining whether EAS instantiation is required.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the EAS discovery subscription request comprises the EAS discovery filter.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the report comprises transmitting the report to an edge computing service provider (ECSP) management system by invoking a management service (MnS) application programming interface (API).

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

when the target EAS is instantiated, obtaining an EAS profile of the target EAS during an EAS registration procedure of the target EAS.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the result of the target EAS instantiation comprises the EAS profile.

9. An apparatus for dynamically triggering edge application server (EAS) instantiation, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory electrically connected to the processor and configured to store instructions executable by the processor,

wherein the processor performs a plurality of operations when the instructions are executed by the processor, and

wherein the plurality of operations comprises:

triggering dynamic EAS instantiation in response to an EAS discovery subscription request;

transmitting a report on a need of instantiation of a target EAS; and

transmitting a result of the target EAS instantiation to an edge enabler server (EES) that transmits the EAS discovery subscription request,

wherein the triggering comprises determining whether EAS instantiation is required based on a number of service sessions of an EAS maintained by the EES.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the triggering comprises determining whether EAS instantiation is required based on information on an instantiable EAS.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the information comprises dynamic EAS instantiation information.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the triggering comprises, when an available EAS instance that matches an EAS discovery filter does not exist during EAS discovery, determining whether EAS instantiation is required.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the EAS discovery subscription request comprises the EAS discovery filter.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting of the report comprises transmitting the report to an edge computing service provider (ECSP) management system by invoking a management service (MnS) application programming interface (API).

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of operations further comprises:

when the target EAS is instantiated, obtaining an EAS profile of the target EAS during an EAS registration procedure of the target EAS.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the result of the target EAS instantiation comprises the EAS profile.

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