US 12,342,414 B2
Systems and methods for dynamic edge discovery in a wireless network
Kevin Xu, Warren, NJ (US); Charles P. Szrom, Branchburg, NJ (US); and Valerie Feldmann, Morristown, NJ (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/933,158.
Prior Publication US 2024/0098474 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 8/14 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 76/20 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
receive a communication session request associated with a particular User Equipment (“UE”), wherein the communication session request includes a particular Protocol Configuration Options (“PCO”) value indicating a request for locator information associated with an edge discovery system that is associated with a network that includes a plurality of edge devices;
identify the locator information associated with the edge discovery system, wherein the edge discovery system receives service requests associated with one or more UEs and provides an indication of a respective edge device of the plurality of edge device in response to respective service requests; and
output, in response to the communication session request, the locator information associated with the edge discovery system, wherein the particular UE communicates with the edge discovery system using the locator information to output a particular service request and receive, from the edge discovery system, an indication of a particular edge device of the plurality of edge devices in response to the particular service request.