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Title:
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING EDGE COMPUTING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/219280
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A method, apparatus and system for supporting Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) in a network such as a 5G communication network. Application Function (AF) request data is received from an AF operating in the network in support of MEC, stored in memory, and transmitted from the memory to one or more Policy Control Functions (PCFs) operating in the network. Subscribing PCFs may be notified of the receipt and storage of the data and request retrieval of the data. The data may be stored and handled by a function referred to as the Application Data Repository, or by another data repository. The operations may be performed by a network function such as but not limited to an Application Data Repository function. The function can store the AF request data and notify the PCFs. The function can handle AF requests associated with roaming UEs.

Inventors:
LI XU (CA)
ZHANG HANG (CA)
DAO NGOC DUNG (CA)
Application Number:
PCT/CN2018/088928
Publication Date:
December 06, 2018
Filing Date:
May 30, 2018
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Assignee:
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD (CN)
International Classes:
H04W28/14
Foreign References:
US20140064070A12014-03-06
US20100087191A12010-04-08
US20160057607A12016-02-25
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