Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

University-industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

Jicheol Lee

Jungshin Park

Sangjun Moon

Kisuk Kweon

Beomsik Bae

Hyungho Lee

Jinsung Lee

Hyesung Kim

Sunghoon Kim

Youngkyo Baek

Joohyung Lee

Sangsoo Jeong

Daegyun Kim

Hanna Lim

Yoonseon Han

Jungje Son

Jung Shin Park

Sungwon Lee

Dongyeon Kim

Hakyung Jung

Duckey Lee

Rajavelsamy Rajadurai

Kyungjoo Suh

Hyunah Oh

Kyunghan Lee

Antony Franklin

Taekyoung Kwon

Franklin Antony

Dookyoon Han

Youngbin Im

Taejoong Chung

Gijeong Kim

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of an access and mobility management function (AMF) of a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized by comprising the steps of: determining a connection mode of a terminal for a location information service of the terminal; transmitting, to a base station, a first message including at least one of information requesting activation of the connection mode and information on a time related to the connection mode; and receiving a second message including information on whether the connection mode is activated from the base station in response to the first message, wherein a timer value for maintaining a connection state of the terminal is configured to measure location information of the terminal on the basis of the at least one of the information requesting activation of the connection mode and the information on a time related to the connection mode.

Method and device for controlling terminal connection state for providing ultra-low-latency location information service in wireless communication system

A method performed by an application function (AF) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a session management function (SMF), a late notification message indicating a change of a data network access identifier (DNAI), identifying whether an AF change is needed based on the late notification message, and transmitting, to the SMF, a response message including information for change to a target AF for a target DNAI based on a result of identifying that the AF change is needed.

Method and apparatus for transmitting notification to target AF in wireless communication system

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE), and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, a security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. According to various embodiments of the present invention, a method may be provided for providing DNS server or edge computing service configuration server information to a terminal in order to support an operation in which the terminal discovers an edge server.

Method and device for providing connectivity to terminal in order to use edge computing service

The present disclosure relates to a 5generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a post-4generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, provided is a method for operating an access and mobility function (AMF) in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving, from user equipment (UE), a mobile originated location request message including first location quality of service (QoS) information; receiving, from a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) or a network exposure function (NEF), a mobile terminated location request message including second location QoS information; determining UE configuration update on the basis of the first location QoS information and the second location QoS information; transmitting a UE configuration update command message to the UE; and transmitting a radio access network (RAN) update message to a RAN related to the UE in response to the reception of a UE configuration update complete message.

Apparatus and method for providing low-latency location information service in wireless communication system

Disclosed are a communication technique for merging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system. The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to an application layer network architecture providing an edge computing service in a cellular wireless communication system. According to an embodiment, a method of an EES comprises receiving, from an EEC, a first message including information used to determine matching EAS, and triggering an EAS management system to instantiate the matching EAS in response to receiving the first message.

Method and device for generating and removing dynamic EAS using UE app and status

The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate after a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in an operating method of a first network node in a wireless communication system, provided is a method including transmitting a network function (NF) registration request message including profile information of a service supported by the first network node to a second network node, and receiving an NF registration response message including a registration result of the profile information from the second network node.

Apparatus and method for supporting edge computing service in wireless communication system

The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than that of a beyond-4th generation (4G) communication system such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE). According to the present disclosure, a method for operating a network data analytics function (NWDAF) in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of receiving information used for service analysis, receiving service analysis request information related to service use in order to perform the service analysis, generating service analysis information including service prediction information on the basis of the service analysis request information, and transmitting the service analysis information.

Method and apparatus for managing resource through service demand information analysis in wireless communication system

The disclosure relates to a 5Generation (5G) or 6Generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A method performed by a session management function (SMF) entity in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a user plane function (UPF) entity, information indicating a list of quality of service (QoS) flows over which access performance measurements are to be performed, receiving, from the UPF entity, information indicating user datagram protocol (UDP) ports allocated for the QoS flows, and transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information including the list of QoS flows and the UDP ports.

Method and apparatus for managing quality of service in wireless communication system

The disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method according to an embodiment of the disclosure is a control method in an edge enabler server (EES) of a mobile edge computing system, and may include subscribing to a user plane path change event at an edge application server (EAS); determining an application context relocation (ACR) based on receiving a user plane path management event notification from the mobile communication network in case of subscribing to the user plane path change event for the EAS; transmitting an ACR request message to the EAS; receiving an EAS response message from the EAS; and transmitting an application function (AF) acknowledgment message to a first node of the mobile communication network in response to receiving the EAS response message from the EAS.

Method and apparatus for interaction between an edge computing system and a mobile communication network for providing edge computing service

A method of a visited session management function (V-SMF) supporting an edge computing (EC) service for a roaming user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a first request message for protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment of the roaming UE from an access and mobility management function (AMF), the first request message including a first indication indicating supportability of session breakout (SBO) of a home routed (HR) roaming session in a visited network, and a session management policy indication for supporting the EC service through HR roaming, selecting a visited policy control function (V-PCF) providing an SBO policy for supporting the EC service for the HR roaming session according to the first request message, and transmitting a second request message requesting the EC service through the HR roaming session to the V-PCF, the second request message including an SBO requesting indication for the HR roaming session.

Method and apparatus for supporting edge computing service for roaming UE in wireless communication system

The present invention relates to a communication system and method for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system. The present invention provides a system and method by which a user equipment (UE) transmits, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a first message including information related to a network slice in a first authentication, and receives, from the AMF, a third message including a result of a second authentication, wherein whether to require the second authentication is determined by the AMF based on the information and subscription information, and wherein the second authentication between the UE and a server is triggered based on the determination.

Method for requesting authentication between terminal and 3rd party server in wireless communication system, terminal therefor, and network slice instance management device

The present disclosure relates to a 5generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, provided is a method for operating a network node such as an application function (AF) node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: generating an AF request including information related to one or more data path latencies; and transmitting the information related to the one or more data path latencies to a session management function (SMF) node through a network exposure function (NEF) node.

Apparatus and method for psa-upf relocation in wireless communication system

A communication method and device in a wireless communication system supporting edge computing is provided. A method of a UE including an EEC in a communication system supporting an edge computing service using an EDN exchanging application data traffic with the UE is provided, the method comprises identifying whether the UE supports a SMS over NAS, transmitting, to an ECS managing configuration information of the EDN, a first service provisioning request message including an indication of the SMS over the NAS supported in case that the UE supports the SMS over the NAS, and in case that the UE receives, through a network from the ECS, an SMS message including triggering information related to an update of the configuration information, transmitting, to the ECS, a second service provisioning request message based on the triggering information.

Communication method and device in wireless communication system supporting edge computing

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique which combines a 5G communication system, for supporting a higher data transmission rate than 4G systems, with IoT technology, and a system for same. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) including an edge enabler client in a wireless communication system is provided, which includes transmitting, to an edge data network configuration server, a provisioning request message using a URI address of the edge data network configuration server; and receiving, from the edge data network configuration server, a provisioning response message. The provisioning response message includes EDN connection information including at least one of a DNN or an APN and information on at least one edge enabler server including an address of the at least one edge enabler server.

Device and method for providing edge computing service in wireless communication system

The present invention defines signaling required for separating a network entity (NE) responsible for mobility management (MM) and session management (SM), which are main function of a control plane (CP) in a next generation (NextGen) mobile communication system, and presents a basic procedure for providing mobile communication services including the signaling. Therefore, complexity of core equipment responsible for the CP is reduced in order to implement a network slice function and provide various levels of mobility, and an effect of minimizing a signaling load therebetween can be obtain. In addition, it is possible to efficiently manage the resources of a base station (radio access network (RAN)) and a user plane network entity (UP NF).

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