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US 2023/0068412 A1Published application
Ad hoc group based services to support 5g system (5gs) scenarios
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsShubhranshu SINGH, Laurent THIEBAUT, Devaki CHANDRAMOULI, Swaminathan ARUNACHALAM, Lazaros GKATZIKIS
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for ad hoc group based services to support 5G system (5GS) scenarios such as, but not limited to, edge computing and time synchronization, are provided.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a network node, to dynamically configure an ad hoc group of user equipment within a 5G system, the ad hoc group of user equipment comprising dynamic group members;
- and
- creating the ad hoc group of user equipment, wherein the creating comprises assigning group information for the ad hoc group, and wherein the group information comprises at least an external ad hoc group identifier.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a unified data management entity or unified data repository, a request comprising group information for an ad hoc group of user equipment, wherein the group information comprises at least an external ad hoc group identifier;
- and
- storing the group information for the ad hoc group of user equipment.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a 5G core network node, a request comprising group information for an ad hoc group of user equipment, wherein the group information comprises at least an external ad hoc group identifier;
- and
- transforming the external ad hoc group identifier into a 5G core ad-hoc group identifier that is unique within the 5G System.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.