US 11,956,332 B2
Edge aware distributed network
Chonggang Wang, Princeton, NJ (US); Dale Seed, Allentown, PA (US); Xu Li, Plainsboro, NJ (US); Lu Liu, Conshohocken, PA (US); Michael Starsinic, Newtown, PA (US); and Hongkun Li, Malvern, PA (US)
Assigned to Convida Wireless, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/789,609
Filed by CONVIDA WIRELESS, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/067291
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/138309, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,706, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037031 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/60 (2022.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 67/60 (2022.05) [H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus implementing a server function, the apparatus comprising one or more processors and a memory, the apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the apparatus which, when executed by the one or more processors of the apparatus, cause the server function on the apparatus to:
receive, from a first client function on a first network entity, first context information or a first trigger, wherein receiving the first context information or the first trigger is based on a first request from the first client function for managing:
first context information associated with the first client function on the first network entity, and
triggers from the first client function on the first network entity;
receive, from a second client function of a second network entity, second context information or a second trigger, wherein receiving the second context information or the second trigger is based on a second request from the second client function for managing:
second context information associated with the second client function of the second network entity, and
triggers from the second client function of the second network entity;
generate aggregated context information or an aggregated trigger, based on:
the first context information or the first trigger, and
the second context information or the second trigger; and
send, to a third network entity, the aggregated context information or the aggregated trigger.