Patent ID: 11871272
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. An edge network comprising:
a source edge application server (sEAS); and
a source edge enabler server (sEES),
wherein the sEES is configured to:
receive, from the sEAS, a request for a communication path assessment, wherein the request includes a path identifier, path gateway information, and path performance assessment information,
identify a plurality of possible communication paths between the sEAS and the tEAS based on the request,
select one of the plurality of possible communication paths between the sEAS and the tEAS according to one or more predefined criteria, and
transmitting, to the sEAS via a target edge enabler server (tEES), a response for the communication path assessment including information about the selected one,

wherein an application context from the sEAS to the tEAS is transferred via the selected one, and
wherein the plurality of possible communication paths between the sEAS and the tEAS comprise at least one of:
communication between the sEAS and the tEAS via the sEES and tEES, where the communication between the sEES and tEES is outside a public land mobile network (PLMN), but within a data network (DN),
communication between the sEAS and the tEAS via the sEES and tEES, where the communication between the sEES and tEES is outside the PLMN, via a cloud,
communication between the sEAS and the tEAS via the sEES and tEES, where the communication between the sEES and tEES is via the PLMN, or
communication between the sEAS and the tEAS via the sEES and tEES, where the communication between the sEES and tEES is via an edge enabler client (EEC).