US 12,439,242 B2
Method and apparatus for providing edge service
Jingrui Tao, Guangdong (CN); Yun Zhang, Guangdong (CN); Fengpei Zhang, Guangdong (CN); and Shingwa Wong, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/924,703
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/089405
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/227833, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2020/090580 (WO), filed on May 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199480 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04L 101/618 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 8/26 (2013.01) [H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04L 2101/618 (2022.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed at a first network function, comprising:
receiving a request for querying information associated to a location of a terminal device; wherein the request includes an internet protocol, IP, address of the terminal device and an IP address of a server for supporting an application;
obtaining, from a second network function, a global identifier of the terminal device, based on the IP address of the terminal device, and wherein the request further includes a fully qualified domain name, FQDN, of the application;
obtaining a location of the terminal device, based on the global identifier or the IP address of the terminal device, wherein the global identifier comprises a generic public subscription identifier, GPSI, of the terminal device;
determining the server for supporting the application based on at least the location of the terminal device, the FQDN of the application, and the global identifier of the terminal device; and
transmitting the information associated to the location of the terminal device and the IP address of the server.