Routing apparatus and method
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsSeung-Ik LEE, Jong Hwa YI, Shin Gak KANG
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Abstract
A routing apparatus includes a path setting unit configured to receive a service name-based service request from user equipment (UE), to select a service instance based on the service name, and to establish a service request path; and an interface unit configured to transfer the service request to the service instance along the service request path, and to transfer service data of the service instance to the UE. Further, the path setting unit selects the service instance in accordance with service and network conditions of the service instance.
Claims10
A routing apparatus, comprising:
- a path setting unit configured to receive a service name-based service request from user equipment (UE), to select a service instance based on the service name, and to establish a service request path;
- and
- an interface unit configured to transfer the service request to the service instance along the service request path, and to transfer service data of the service instance to the UE;
- wherein the path setting unit selects the service instance in accordance with service and network conditions of the service instance.
A routing method, comprising:
- transferring a service request under a service name acquired via a UE;
- searching for service instances for the service name on a network;
- selecting at least one from among the found service instances, and transferring the user request;
- and
- providing a service, provided by the selected service instance, to the UE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.