US 11,997,590 B2
Application client and edge application server discovery with service authorization and location service
Sunghoon Kim, Seoul (KR); Dario Serafino Tonesi, Berlin (DE); Alan Soloway, Erie, CO (US); Ajith Tom Payyappilly, San Diego, CA (US); Tom Chin, San Diego, CA (US); and Robert Thomas Franzo, Northport, MI (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/445,177.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047503 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 60/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
receive a first edge application server (EAS) discovery message from a first application client that is external to the UE;
transmit a second EAS discovery message to an edge enabler server (EES) based at least in part on the first EAS discovery message;
receive, from the EES, an EAS response message, wherein the EAS response message indicates a failure of a discovery request associated with the first application client or the EAS response message indicates an EAS associated with the first application client;
transmit an indication of the failure of the discovery request or an indication of the EAS to the first application client; and
receive a third EAS discovery message from a second application client,
wherein the second EAS discovery message includes first discovery information associated with the first application client and second discovery information associated with the second application client, and wherein the EAS response message indicates the EAS associated with the first application client and a second EAS associated with the second application client.