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US 12,323,891 · App. 17/593,819 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Method and device for providing connectivity to terminal in order to use edge computing service

Inventors: Sunghoon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jicheol Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W4/50H04L41/0853H04L41/0893H04L41/0894H04L41/12H04L61/4511H04M15/66H04W60/04
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Patent No.
US 12,323,891
App. No.
17/593,819
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE), and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, a security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. According to various embodiments of the present invention, a method may be provided for providing DNS server or edge computing service configuration server information to a terminal in order to support an operation in which the terminal discovers an edge server.

Claims (36)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a session management function (SMF) via an access and mobility management function (AMF), a first message for requesting an establishment of a protocol data unit (PDU) session, the first message including information indicating a request for an edge computing service of the PDU session; and

receiving, from the SMF, a second message including information on a configuration server for the terminal to receive configuration information on the edge computing service and information indicating whether the terminal is authorized to use the edge computing service for the PDU session.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message is a PDU session establishment request message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the configuration server and the information indicating whether the terminal is authorized to use the edge computing service are received through protocol configuration options (PCO).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the configuration server is determined based on at least one of information on a location of the terminal or subscription information of the terminal, and

wherein the second message further includes information on a domain name system (DNS) server for the terminal to transmit a DNS query.

5. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

transmit, to a session management function (SMF) via an access and mobility management function (AMF), a first message for requesting an establishment of a protocol data unit (PDU) session, the first message including information indicating a request for an edge computing service of the PDU session, and

receive, from the SMF, a second message including information on a configuration server for the terminal to receive configuration information on the edge computing service and information indicating whether the terminal is authorized to use the edge computing service for the PDU session.

6. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the first message is a PDU session establishment request message.

7. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the information on the configuration server and the information indicating whether the terminal is authorized to use the edge computing service are received through protocol configuration options (PCO).

8. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the information on the configuration server is determined based on at least one of information on a location of the terminal or subscription information of the terminal, and

wherein the second message further includes information on a domain name system (DNS) server for the terminal to transmit a DNS query.

9. A method performed by a session management function (SMF) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, a first message for requesting an establishment of a protocol data unit (PDU) session, the first message including information indicating a request for an edge computing service of the PDU session;

transmitting, to a core network entity, a second message for retrieving subscription information of the terminal for a session management;

receiving, from the core network entity, a third message including the subscription information of the terminal for the session management, the subscription information comprises information on a configuration server for the terminal to receive configuration information on the edge computing service and information indicating whether the terminal is authorized to use the edge computing service for the PDU session; and

transmitting, to the terminal, a fourth message including the information on the configuration server and the information indicating whether the terminal is authorized to use the edge computing service for the PDU session.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first message is a PDU session establishment request message.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the fourth message includes protocol configuration options (PCO) including the information on the configuration server and the information indicating whether the terminal is authorized to use the edge computing service.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the information on the configuration server is determined based on at least one of information on a location of the terminal or the subscription information of the terminal, and

wherein the fourth message further includes information on a domain name system (DNS) server for the terminal to transmit a DNS query.

13. A session management function (SMF) in a wireless communication system, the SMF comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a terminal, a first message for requesting an establishment of a protocol data unit (PDU) session, the first message including information indicating a request for an edge computing service of the PDU session,

transmit, to a core network entity, a second message for retrieving subscription information of the terminal for a session management,

receive, from the core network entity, a third message including the subscription information of the terminal for the session management, the subscription information comprises information on a configuration server for the terminal to receive configuration information on the edge computing service configured and information indicating whether the terminal is authorized to use the edge computing service for the PDU session, and

transmit, to the terminal, a fourth message including the information on the configuration server and the information indicating whether the terminal is authorized to use the edge computing service for the PDU session.

14. The SMF of claim 13 , wherein the first message is a PDU session establishment request message, and

wherein the fourth message includes protocol configuration options (PCO) including the information on the configuration server and the information indicating whether the terminal is authorized to use the edge computing service.

15. The SMF of claim 13 , wherein the information on the configuration server is determined based on at least one of information on a location of the terminal or the subscription information of the terminal, and

wherein the fourth message further includes information on a domain name system (DNS) server for the terminal to transmit a DNS query.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2021
From: KIM, SUNGHOON; LEE, JICHEOL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 057602/0199 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0035781 · Mar 28, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0031207 · Mar 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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