Patent ID: 11930377
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. The edge node as claimed in claim 6, wherein the assistance information comprises at least one of a service preference of the UE, a mobility information of the UE, a quality of service (QoS) requirement of the UE, a battery status of the UE, signal conditions at the UE, storage capacity of the UE, a caching capability of the UE, a probability of receiving contents through a device-to-device (D2D) cluster associated with the UE, and a cluster information field (CIF) indicating possible proximal communication link currently available for the UE, a readiness field indicating an interest/consent/willingness/authorization of the UE to offer cache and act as holder of content, wherein the readiness of the UE is dependent on at least one of a battery status, a storage availability, a signal conditions and a requirement of a same set of contents for use, a bandwidth and suitable access technology, or billing factors.