US 11,856,068 B2
Method and apparatus for improvements in application discovery and event exposure
Mehrdad Shariat, Staines (GB)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/502,757.
Claims priority of application No. 2016352 (GB), filed on Oct. 15, 2020; application No. 2017509 (GB), filed on Nov. 5, 2020; application No. 2100542 (GB), filed on Jan. 15, 2021; and application No. 2114204 (GB), filed on Oct. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0124160 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 41/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/51 (2022.05) [H04L 41/50 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, by a network data analytics function (NWDAF), for supporting user equipment (UE) data collection from a UE, the method comprising:
receiving, from a service consumer network function (NF), a request for requiring the UE data collection for analytics;
discovering an application function (AF) that provides the UE data collection based on AF profiles of the AF, wherein the AF profiles comprise at least one event identifier (ID) supported by the AF and at least one supported application ID;
transmitting, to the AF, a request for a subscription to the AF for the UE data collection for the analytics; and
receiving, from the AF, a notification on processed data collected according to the subscription,
wherein the UE data collection is performed via a user plane connection between the AF and the UE, and
wherein a UE Internet protocol (IP) address is used for the user plane connection.