Methods for ue/ac/eec authorization in group services provided by common eas discovery using agp with ac authorization type and credential

A method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

• receiving a group profile associated with an application client (AC) at the WTRU;
• sending a provisioning request message to an edge configuration server (ECS), wherein the provisioning request message comprises information related to the group profile;
• receiving an indication of an edge enabler server (EES) associated with the group profile from the ECS in response to the provisioning request message;
• sending a discovery request message to the EES;
• receiving a discovery response message, wherein the discovery response message comprises information indicating one or more edge application servers (EASs);
• selecting an EAS based on the discovery response message;
• and
• sending a provisioning request message to the EES, wherein the provisioning request message comprises an indication of the selected EAS for the AC.