CPC H04W 12/35 (2021.01) [H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
13. A system for dynamic discovery of Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) applications on an MEC system, the system comprising:
a user device that dynamically selects, after discovering, a communication network by comparing existing network selection parameters present in a user device as part of a profile with network selection parameters that are received from a communication network infrastructure when the user device with a profile enters MEC enabled premises;
an authentication server of a service provider that authenticates a secure connection with the user device, wherein the authentication server uses one or more authentication protocols associated with the profile;
a communication management platform that generates an authorization token based on the profile, and accesses the MEC applications on the MEC system using the authorization token on behalf of the user device via a first interface;
a second interface that verifies, via the MEC system, the received authorization token by communicating between the service providers and the authentication server of the communication management platform; and
the communication management platform grants access to the user device to access the communication network and manages the MEC applications of the service provider on behalf of the user device.
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