Granted Patent B2

US 12,640,981 · App. 18/475,230 · Granted May 26, 2026

Inventors: Yajie Hu (Beijing, CN); Cuili Ge (Beijing, CN); Zehao Chen (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

H04L41/0803H04W24/02

Abstract

Claims (38)

1 . A method for determining an edge configuration server, comprising:

determining, by a core network element based on edge configuration server information and a mobile network accessed by a terminal apparatus, a first edge configuration server serving the terminal apparatus, wherein at least one mobile network corresponding to the first edge configuration server comprises the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus; and

sending, by the core network element to the terminal apparatus, information indicating the first edge configuration server;

wherein the core network element is a policy control function network element or a unified data management function network element, the core network element stores the edge configuration server information, and the edge configuration server information comprises identification information of the first edge configuration server and identification information of the at least one mobile network corresponding to the first edge configuration server.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the core network element based on the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus, that the edge configuration server serving the terminal apparatus is the first edge configuration server comprises:

determining, by the core network element based on the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus and a home operator of the terminal apparatus, that the edge configuration server serving the terminal apparatus is the first edge configuration server, wherein the at least one mobile network corresponding to the first edge configuration server comprises the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus, and a home operator of the first edge configuration server is the home operator of the terminal apparatus.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, by the core network element based on the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus, that the edge configuration server serving the terminal apparatus is the first edge configuration server comprises:

determining, by the core network element based on the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus and service indication information of the terminal apparatus, that the edge configuration server serving the terminal apparatus is the first edge configuration server, wherein the at least one mobile network corresponding to the first edge configuration server comprises the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus, and the first edge configuration server supports a requirement of a service type or service quality indicated by the service indication information.

4 . A method for determining an edge configuration server, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a terminal apparatus from a core network element, one or more pieces of edge configuration server information

wherein each piece of edge configuration server information comprises identification information of an edge configuration server and identification information of a public land mobile network (PLMN), and the identification information of the edge configuration server corresponds to the identification information of the PLMN;

wherein the core network element is a policy control function network element or a unified data management function network element; and

determining, by the terminal apparatus based on the one or more pieces of edge configuration server information and identification information of a current PLMN accessed by the terminal apparatus, a first edge configuration server that corresponds to the identification information of the current PLMN and serves the terminal apparatus.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the terminal apparatus, service provisioning request information to the first edge configuration server, wherein the service provisioning request information comprises identification information of the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus; and

receiving, by the terminal apparatus from the first edge configuration server, service provisioning response information in response to the service provisioning request information, wherein the service provisioning response information comprises information about a target edge enabler server, and the target edge enabler server is an edge enabler server in the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more pieces of edge configuration server information comprises a plurality of pieces of edge configuration server information corresponding to different edge configuration server providers, wherein each piece of edge configuration server information comprises a provider identifier, and the first edge configuration server is further determined based on the provider identifier in each piece of edge configuration server information.

7 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein at least one piece of edge configuration server information is received from a core network element that is a unified data management function network element.

8 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein at least one piece of edge configuration server information is received from a core network element that is a session management function network element.

9 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first edge configuration server is further determined based on home operator information of the terminal apparatus such that the first edge configuration server corresponds to a home operator of the terminal apparatus and the current PLMN accessed by the terminal apparatus.

10 . The method according to claim 4 , the method further comprising:

storing, by the terminal apparatus based on the one or more pieces of edge configuration server information, a mapping relation between address information of one or more edge configuration servers and one or more PLMNs, wherein in the mapping relationship, address information of an edge configuration server corresponds to address information of a visited PLMN and address information of a home PLMN.

11 . A core network element, comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store computer instructions, and when the core network element runs, the processor executes the computer instructions stored in the memory, to perform the following operations:

determining, based on edge configuration server information and a mobile network accessed by a terminal apparatus, a first edge configuration server serving the terminal apparatus, wherein at least one mobile network corresponding to the first edge configuration server comprises the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus; and

sending, to the terminal apparatus, information indicating the first edge configuration server;

wherein the core network element is a policy control function network element or a unified data management function network element, the core network element stores the edge configuration server information, and the edge configuration server information comprises identification information of the first edge configuration server and identification information of the at least one mobile network corresponding to the first edge configuration server.

12 . The core network element according to claim 11 , wherein the determining, based on the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus, that the edge configuration server serving the terminal apparatus is the first edge configuration server comprises:

determining, based on the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus and a home operator of the terminal apparatus, that the edge configuration server serving the terminal apparatus is the first edge configuration server, wherein the at least one mobile network corresponding to the first edge configuration server comprises the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus, and a home operator of the first edge configuration server is the home operator of the terminal apparatus.

13 . He core network element according to claim 11 , where in the determining, based on the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus, that the edge configuration server serving the terminal apparatus is the first edge configuration server comprises:

determining, based on the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus and service indication information of the terminal apparatus, that the edge configuration server serving the terminal apparatus is the first edge configuration server, wherein the at least one mobile network corresponding to the first edge configuration server comprises the mobile network accessed by the terminal apparatus, and the first edge configuration server supports a requirement of a service type or service quality indicated by the service indication information.

14 . An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing a program code for execution by the processor, the program code comprising instructions for:

Receiving, from a core network element, one or more pieces of edge configuration server information that each comprises identification information of an edge configuration server and identification information of a public land mobile network (PLMN),

wherein the identification information of the edge configuration server corresponds to the identification information of the PLMN;

wherein the core network element is a policy control function network element or a unified data management function network element; and

determining, based on the one or more pieces of edge configuration server information and identification information of a current PLMN accessed by the apparatus, a first edge configuration server that corresponds to the identification information of the current PLMN and serves the apparatus.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the one or more pieces of edge configuration servicer information comprises a plurality of pieces of edge configuration server information corresponding to different edge configuration server providers, wherein each piece of edge configuration server information comprises a provider identifier, and the first edge configuration server is further determined based on the provider identifier in each piece of edge configuration server information.

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