US 12,414,030 B2
Server discovery improvement when application server changes
Tingfang Tang, Beijing (CN); Dimitrios Karampatsis, Ruislip (GB); and Genadi Velev, Darmstadt (DE)
Assigned to Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/799,359
Filed by LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Feb. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/075362
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/159505, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0106757 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 40/28 (2009.01); H04W 40/34 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/246 (2013.01) [H04W 40/28 (2013.01); H04W 40/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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5. An apparatus for performing a network function, the apparatus comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to:
obtain information about an application server change for an application in response to server changes of a target application server, the information comprising traffic filtering information for flows of the application; and
determine, based at least in part on the information, whether to instruct a user equipment (UE) to rediscover the target application server for the application in an edge environment.