US 12,289,377 B2
Method and device for supporting edge computing in virtual radio access network
Gunhee Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hyesuk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yuhyun An, Suwon-si (KR); Sungrok Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Seokyong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Soonyoung Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/467,247.
Application 18/467,247 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/003056, filed on Mar. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0046524 (KR), filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0007536 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 67/2871 (2022.01); H04L 67/289 (2022.01); H04L 67/5682 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/289 (2013.01) [H04L 67/2871 (2013.01); H04L 67/5682 (2022.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for performing a function of a distributed unit (DU) of a base station in a wireless communication, the device comprising:
a memory configured to store cache data related to an application executed by a terminal connected with the DU via a radio unit (RU); and
at least one processor configured to:
receive, from the terminal via the RU, a protocol data unit (PDU) for requesting data related to the application,
based on identifying that a quality indicator included in the PDU is related to mobile edge computing, identify whether requested data corresponds to the cache data,
based on the requested data corresponding to the cache data, transmit, via the RU, to the terminal, the cache data, and
based on the requests data distinct from the cache data:
transmit, to a server providing data related to the application, a request message to receive the requested data,
receive the requested data from the server providing data related to the application, and
transmit, to the terminal via the RU, the requested data.