US 12,425,804 B2
Method and apparatus for obtaining and managing location information of mobile terminal in edge computing system
Sunghoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jicheol Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Yoonseon Han, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/603,200
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed May 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/006133
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/231117, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,185, filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191650 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing a location of a user equipment (UE), performed by an edge enabler server (EES) of an edge computing system, the method comprising:
receiving, from an edge application server (EAS), a UE location request, wherein the UE location request comprises an identifier of the UE and a location granularity indicating a format of location information that is supported by the EAS;
obtaining, from a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) network, location information of the UE;
modifying, by the EES, a format of the obtained location information of the UE to the format indicated by the location granularity received from the EAS; and
in response to the UE location request, transmitting, to the EAS, a response message including the location information of the UE modified based on the location granularity,
wherein the location granularity indicates at least one of global positioning system (GPS) coordinates, a cell identifier, a tracking area identifier, or a citizen address.