Wireless communication service over an edge data network (EDN) between a user equipment (UE) and an application server (AS)

A wireless communication network to connect a user application in a user device to an application server, the wireless communication network comprising:

• an edge enablement client in a user gateway configured to exchange EDGE-5 signaling with the user application in the user device and exchange EDGE-1 signaling with a gateway enablement server in the user gateway;
• the gateway enablement server configured to exchange the EDGE-1 signaling with the edge enablement client, exchange EDGE-9 signaling with an edge enablement server in an edge data network, and exchange EDGE-3 signaling with a gateway application server in the user gateway;
• the gateway application server configured to exchange the EDGE-3 signaling with the gateway enablement server and exchange user data between the user application and an edge application server in the edge data network responsive to the EDGE-3 signaling wherein the user application exchanges the user data responsive to the EDGE-5 signaling;
• the EES configured to exchange the EDGE-9 signaling with the GES and exchange additional EDGE-3 signaling with the EAS;
• the edge enablement server configured to exchange the additional EDGE-3 signaling with the edge enablement server and exchange the user data gateway application server and a core network responsive to the additional EDGE-3 signaling;
• the core network configured to exchange the user data with the edge application server, exchanging the user data with the application server, and transfer network information that comprises a user device identifier, application identifier, and a network address that characterizes the exchange of the user data for the user application to a distributed ledger node;
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• the distributed ledger node configured to receive the network information from the core network and determine trust for the user application, the user gateway, the edge data network, and the core network based on the user device identifier, the application identifier, and the network address.

The wireless communication network 11 further comprising:

• the edge enablement server configured to exchange EDGE-2 signaling with the core network;
• the core network configured to exchange the EDGE-2 signaling with the edge enablement server;
• the edge application server configured to exchange EDGE-7 signaling with the core network;
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• the core network configured to exchange the EDGE-7 signaling with the edge application server.

The wireless communication network 12 further comprising:

• an edge configuration server configured to exchange EDGE-4 signaling with the edge enablement client, exchange EDGE-6 signaling with the gateway enablement server, exchange additional EDGE-6 signaling with the edge enablement server, and exchange EDGE-8 signaling with the core network;
• the edge enablement client configured to exchange the EDGE-4 signaling with the edge configuration server;
• the gateway enablement server configured to exchange the EDGE-6 signaling with the edge configuration server;
• the edge enablement server configured to exchange the additional EDGE-6 signaling with the edge configuration server;
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• the core network configured to exchange the EDGE-8 signaling with the edge configuration server.

The wireless communication network 11 further comprising:

• a mobile edge compute platform in the edge data network configured to support the edge enablement server;
• a mobile edge compute application in the edge data network configured to support the edge application server;
• another mobile edge compute platform in the user gateway configured to support the gateway enablement server;
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• another mobile edge compute application in the user gateway configured to support the gateway application server.