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Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rohit R. Matolia, Surat, IN;

Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Singapore, SG;

Jathurshun Sivaloganathan, Singapore, SG;

Krisztian Kiss, Hayward, CA (US);

Longda Xing, San Jose, CA (US);

Mohammed Sadique, Auburn, AU;

Srinivasan Nimmala, San Jose, CA (US);

Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 28/0967 (2020.05); H04W 28/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 76/25 (2018.02);
Abstract

Methods and devices for selecting an edge application server (EAS) to service a user equipment (UE). One exemplary method incudes determining that a current protocol data unit (PDU) session of an application being executed by a UE is being serviced by a first EAS, determining that the first EAS is no longer suitable to service the application, selecting a second EAS to service the application and instructing the UE to use the second EAS for future PDU sessions for the application.


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