US 12,335,334 B2
Electronic device for performing edge computing service and electronic device operating method
Wonbo Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Youngwook Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jinhyoung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Taewan Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hongshik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Ansik Shin, Suwon-si (KR); and Sangcheol Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/313,681.
Application 18/313,681 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/012899, filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0151885 (KR), filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0275960 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/1021 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1021 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication circuit configured to communicate with an edge configuration server and edge enabler servers existing outside the electronic device;
memory storing one or more computer programs including an edge enabler client (EEC), wherein the EEC configures an application to transmit data to an edge application server supporting an edge computing service or receive data from the edge application server; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and the communication circuit,
wherein the EEC includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to:
receive, from the edge configuration server, access information of a plurality of edge enabler servers connected to the edge configuration server for access to the plurality of edge enabler servers;
access, by the EEC, an edge enabler server based on the access information of the plurality of edge enabler servers;
receive, from the accessed edge enabler server, access information of a plurality of edge application servers, the access information of the plurality of edge application servers including information related to locations of the plurality of edge application servers, respectively;
select, by the EEC, an edge application server to be accessed from among the plurality of edge application servers based on the information related to the locations of the plurality of edge application servers and information related to a location of the electronic device, the information related to the location of the electronic device not being transmitted to the edge enabler server; and
access, by the EEC, the edge application server to perform the edge computing service,
wherein the information of the plurality of edge application servers includes tracking area information (TAI) of each of the plurality of edge application servers, and
wherein the EEC further includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to:
compare a TAI of the electronic device and each of the tracking area information of each of the plurality of edge application servers, and
select an edge application server corresponding to a TAI same with the TAI of the electronic device.