Patent ID: 11889593
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating a wireless communication network to connect a user application in a user device to an application server, the method comprising:
an edge enablement client in a user gateway exchanging EDGE-5 signaling with the user application in the user device and exchanging EDGE-1 signaling with a gateway enablement server in the user gateway;
the gateway enablement server exchanging the EDGE-1 signaling with the edge enablement client, exchanging EDGE-9 signaling with an edge enablement server in an edge data network, and exchanging EDGE-3 signaling with a gateway application server in the user gateway;
the gateway application server exchanging the EDGE-3 signaling with the gateway enablement server and exchanging user data between the user application and an edge application server in the edge data network responsive to the EDGE-3 signaling wherein the user application exchanges the user data responsive to the EDGE-5 signaling;
the edge enablement server exchanging the EDGE-9 signaling with the gateway enablement server and exchanging additional EDGE-3 signaling with the edge application server;
the edge application server exchanging the additional EDGE-3 signaling with the edge enablement server and exchanging the user data between the gateway application server and a core network responsive to the additional EDGE-3 signaling;
the core network exchanging the user data with the edge application server, exchanging the user data with the application server, and transferring network information that comprises a user device identifier, an application identifier, and a network address that characterizes the exchange of the user data for the user application to a distributed ledger node; and
the distributed ledger node receiving the network information from the core network and determining trust for the user application, the user gateway, the edge data network, and the core network based on the user device identifier, the application identifier, and the network address.