公开(公告)号：US20210243821A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US16803495

申请日：2020-02-27

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Maria E. Palamara ,  Kyriaki Konstantinou ,  Jyoti Bali Sharma ,  Eric Nagy

IPC: H04W76/10 ,  H04W64/00 ,  H04W88/16 ,  H04W48/18

Abstract: A network device, in a first wireless network operated by a first network operator, receives a first location of a user equipment device (UE) and a second location of a Multi-Access Edge Computing data center (MEC) operated by a second network operator. The network devices performs at least one of: 1) determining a closest gateway or user plane function (UPF) to the MEC data center within the first wireless network; or 2) deploying a Virtual Network Function (VNF) in a particular hosting center that is close to the MEC. The network device sets up a connection between at least one of the determined closest gateway or UPF and the MEC, or the deployed VNF and the MEC, to enable the UE to access the MEC via the first wireless network.

公开(公告)号：US11224078B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-11

申请号：US16803495

申请日：2020-02-27

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Maria E. Palamara ,  Kyriaki Konstantinou ,  Jyoti Bali Sharma ,  Eric Nagy

IPC: H04W76/10 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W88/16 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: A network device, in a first wireless network operated by a first network operator, receives a first location of a user equipment device (UE) and a second location of a Multi-Access Edge Computing data center (MEC) operated by a second network operator. The network devices performs at least one of: 1) determining a closest gateway or user plane function (UPF) to the MEC data center within the first wireless network; or 2) deploying a Virtual Network Function (VNF) in a particular hosting center that is close to the MEC. The network device sets up a connection between at least one of the determined closest gateway or UPF and the MEC, or the deployed VNF and the MEC, to enable the UE to access the MEC via the first wireless network.