Methods and apparatus for enabling service continuity in an Edge computing environment

    公开(公告)号:US12156079B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-26

    申请号:US17593667

    申请日:2020-04-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for transitioning a UE to a new application server in response to a mobility event comprising, at a source application server handler: receiving an application ID (AC-ID) associated with an application client for a user equipment (UE); receiving a mobility event notification including a UE ID of the UE and a target data network access identifier (DNAI) to indicate a target edge data network to which a transition of a data connection for the application client is to be performed; encoding an outgoing transition request for transmission to a source application server to indicate the transition of the data connection from the source application server; and encoding an incoming transition request for transmission to a target application server handler (ASH) of the target edge data network to indicate the transition of the data connection to the target edge data network.

    Core network design for mission-critical IoT

    公开(公告)号:US11638135B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US16305380

    申请日:2016-06-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Described is a Logical Network Controller (LNC) operable to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) on a wireless network. The LNC may be operable to process connection request transmissions from the UE requesting a connection with an application service, such as a Mission-Critical Internet-of-Things (MC-IoT) service, to determine a Connection-specific Application Server Instance (CASI) for the application service, and to generate connection response transmissions for the UE carrying a connection-specific source IP address corresponding to the UE and a connection-specific destination IP address corresponding to the CASI. The UE may be operable to generate connection request transmissions for the LNC requesting a connection with an application service, to process connection response transmissions from the LNC carrying a connection-specific destination IP address corresponding to a CASI for the application service, and to generate connection-specific transmissions for the CASI, the connection-specific transmissions carrying the connection-specific destination IP address.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUP BASED SERVICES PROVISIONING

    公开(公告)号:US20210058748A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US16479557

    申请日:2018-03-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Ching-Yu Liao

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for pervasive connectivity for group based service (GBS) provisioning. In addition, or in other embodiments, groupcast services provisioning in 5G systems is described. An example apparatus for GBS provisioning for pervasive connectivity in a mobile network includes a memory interface and a processor. The memory interface to send or receive, to or from a memory device, an application identifier (ID) value, and a temporary group based service ID (TGSID) value. The processor to process a service request from an access and mobility management function (AMF). The service request includes the application ID value and the TGSID value associated with a groupcast service. In response to the service request, the processor enables groupcast service at one or more associated access stratum network entities for forwarding groupcast internet protocol (IP) packets.

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