US 12,010,159 B2
Triggering of edge server discovery and instantiation by a 5GMS-aware application
Iraj Sodagar, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to TENCENT AMERICA LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Tencent America LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,981.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/325,520, filed on Mar. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/338,354, filed on May 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0353617 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/60 (2013.01) [H04L 41/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for media streaming, the method comprising:
sending, with a Fifth Generation Media Streaming (5GMS)-aware application of a user device, a request to use edge services to a media session handler of the user device via an M6 interface;
subsequent to sending the request to use the edge services, sending, with an edge-enabler client (EEC) of the user device, a discovery request for one or more available edge application servers (EASs);
receiving, with the EEC, a discovery response indicating the one or more available EASs;
selecting, with at least one of the EEC or the media session handler, a target EAS from among the one or more available EASs indicated in the discovery response; and
streaming, with the user device, media content communicated with the target EAS.