US 12,295,057 B2
Soft signaling for application service accessibility in advanced networks
Yingjie Zhao, Pleasanton, CA (US); Longda Xing, San Jose, CA (US); Rangakrishna Nallandigal, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Jason Ke, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/484,726.
Prior Publication US 2023/0098218 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 76/27 (2018.02) [H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
identifying a network resource for the UE to use to access a desired application service from one or more application services associated with the UE and exposed to the UE by a network exposure function (NEF), the network resource identified based on requirements for the desired application service;
encoding a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) message with (i) a request for the network resource, and (ii) UE capability information for the UE to be able to access the desired application service, the UE capability information comprising at least one of a measurement report, a delay budget, or thermal information associated with the network resource, wherein the HTTP message comprises (i) a first header that identifies a UE capability endpoint of the NEF and (ii) a second header that includes a source port number of the UE and a destination port number of the NEF;
transmitting the HTTP message to the NEF using a transport layer protocol;
receiving an acknowledgement HTTP message to acknowledge the request for the network resource;
receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message to configure a radio channel based on the network resource; and
accessing the desired application service using the radio channel.