US 12,328,641 B2
Methods of identifying VAE servers and related V2X wireless devices and servers
Ali El Essaili, Aachen (DE); Yunpeng Zang, Würselen (DE); Thorsten Lohmar, Aachen (DE); and Maciej Muehleisen, Eynatten (BE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/598,457
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Mar. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/056647
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/200686, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,210, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191649 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a first vehicle-to-anything (V2X) application enabler (VAE) server, the method comprising:
receiving V2X message information per geographical area from a V2X application specific server;
receiving position information from a VAE client of a wireless device, wherein the position information indicates a position of the wireless device; and
responsive to receiving the position information and responsive to the V2X message information per geographical area, identifying a second VAE server based on the position information, wherein identifying the second VAE server includes transmitting a service continuity request to a plurality of other VAE servers including the second VAE server, wherein the service continuity request includes the position information, and receiving a service continuity response from the second VAE server, wherein the service continuity response includes an address of the second VAE server.