US 2026/0095820 A1 · SEAMLESS EDGE APPLICATION HANDOVER

Abstract

An edge application handover client in a user equipment may use application client information, such as type service, provider, location, context, and sendee requirements, to assist seamless edge application handovers of application clients between edge application servers. For example, a handover client may use context information to determine an anticipated route of the user equipment, and thereby determine a next, edge application server for a handoff. The handover client may weigh the needs of multiple application client m selecting servers for handovers. The handover client may issue requests to servers requesting assistance in handover operations, and may issue subscription requests to servers, and further may determine the success of handovers by monitoring application state synchronization or migration between edge application handover servers.

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Dependent claims

A user equipment, UE, hosting an Edge Application Handover Client, EAHC, the UE comprising circuitry configured to cause the EAHC to:

receive, from an application client, AC a first request comprising AC context information, wherein the AC context information comprises, for a service from a first Edge Application Server, EAS, location information or route information of the UE where the service provided by the EAS will be required, and wherein the AC context information further comprises a schedule of times during which the service provided by the EAS will be required;
send, to an Edge Application Handover Server, EAHS, based on the AC context information, a second request comprising the AC context information;
and
receive, from the EAHS, an acknowledgement of the second request.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Seamless edge application handover

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Seamless edge application handover

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