Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Ansik Shin

Hongshik Kim

Wonbo Lee

Taewan Kim

Jinhyoung Kim

Sangcheol Lee

Youngwook Kim

Sungin Kim

Jaewon Jang

Hyunsang Park

Milim Lee

Yujin Jeong

Jaekwang Han

Seonghan Park

Euisung Lee

Sungki Suh

An electronic device and a method performed by an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a memory for storing at least one of an application or an edge enabler client (EEC), a communication circuit to be used for connection between the electronic device and at least one of a first server, second servers, or third servers, and a processor, wherein the application is configured to perform a service supported by a third server, and the processor can be configured to receive access information for access to the second servers from the first server, select a second server to be accessed, based on information related to locations of the second servers and information related to location of the electronic device in in response to the information related to the locations of the second servers included in the access information, and access the selected second server to perform the service.

Electronic device for performing edge computing service and electronic device operating method

An electronic device and an operating method of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device receives, from a first server, access information about a second server for accessing the second server, receives access information about a third server from the second server accessed based on the access information about the second server, in response to a service connection request using the third server of an application, checks the validity of the application based on data for verifying the validity of the application included in the access information about the third server, and performs the service by accessing the third server based on the result of identifying the validity of the application.

Electronic device for performing edge computing service, and operating method of electronic device

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: confirm a data session establishment request from a first application executed by the at least one processor; confirm at least one first descriptor corresponding to the first application for path selection; confirm a first network interface corresponding to the at least one first confirmed descriptor based on the at least one first confirmed descriptor; establish a first data session corresponding to the at least one first confirmed descriptor; and transmit and/or receive data related to the first application through the first network interface using the first data session.

Electronic device forming network slice and data session, and method for operating same

An electronic device and an operation method of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a memory for storing multiple applications including a first application, an edge enabler client (EPC), and multiple domain name system (DNS) caches allocated to each of at least some applications of the multiple applications and/or mapping data obtained by mapping identification information of the at least some applications to the multiple DNS caches; a communication circuit used for a communication connection of an edge service provision server and/or an edge network management server through a base station; and a processor configured to receive, from the first application, an access request for the edge service provision server that the first application desires to access; identify whether a DNS cache corresponding to the first application exits in the multiple DNS caches based on the mapping data and identification information of the first application, acquire an internet protocol (IP) address corresponding to a domain address included in the access request in case that the DNS cache corresponding to the first application exists, and access the edge service provision server based on the acquired IP address and perform the service.

Electronic device for performing edge computing service and operation method of electronic device

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: at least one processor and at least one communication processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: obtain a user equipment (UE) route selection policy (URSP) rule including a first traffic descriptor including a first IP address and a first route selection descriptor corresponding to the first traffic descriptor and request the at least one communication processor to establish a first PDU session corresponding to the first route selection descriptor. The at least one communication processor may be configured to: establish the first PDU session corresponding to the first route selection descriptor in response to the request to establish the first PDU session. A first network interface corresponding to the first PDU session may be established between the at least one communication processor and the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify transmission data from an application executed by the at least one processor, request the at least one communication processor to transmit a first transmission packet including a first source IP address corresponding to the first network interface and the transmission data, through the first network interface, based on a destination IP address corresponding to the transmission data corresponding to the first IP address, and request the at least one communication processor to transmit a second transmission packet including a second source IP address corresponding to a second network interface, different from the first network interface, and the transmission data, through the second network interface, based on the destination IP address corresponding to the transmission data not corresponding to the first IP address.

Electronic device transmitting and/or receiving packet through network slice and method for operating the same

An electronic device includes a memory, a communication circuit, and a processor. The memory is configured to store an application and an edge enabler client. The communication circuit is configured to communicate with at least one of a first server, a second server, or a third server. The application is configured to perform one or more functions corresponding to the third server. The processor is configured to receive access information for accessing the second server from the first server. The processor is configured to receive access information of the third server from each of a plurality of second servers. The processor is configured to check at least one or more third servers capable of providing a service The processor is configured to select the third server to request access among a plurality of third servers. The processor is configured to perform the service using the selected third server.

Electronic device for performing edge computing service and method for the same

An electronic device and an operation method of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a memory storing an application, an edge enabler client (EEC), and/or a user equipment (UE) route selection policy (URSP) rule used for producing a session used by the electronic device, a communication circuit used for a communication connection between the electronic device and at least one of a first server, a plurality of second servers, or a third server disposed outside the electronic device, via a base station, and a processor, the application being configured to perform, in the electronic device, one or more services corresponding to an application executable in the third server, and the processor is configured to identify identification information of the EEC and identification information of an EEC included in the URSP rule, in response to activation of the EEC, to set a first packet data unit (PDU) session.

Electronic device for performing edge computing service and a method for the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuitry, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain application information comprising information of at least one application configured to perform data communication using a first packet data network (PDN), establish a first PDN connection to the first PDN and a second PDN connection to a second PDN using the communication circuitry, determine whether a first application, which requests data transmission through the second PDN connection, is an application included in the application information, when the first application is included in the application information, transmit data associated with the first application to the first PDN, and, when the first application is not included in the specified application information, and transmit the data associated with the first application to the second PDN.

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Ansik Shin