Patent ID: 11968750
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
establishing an application service session, from a source application node in a source multi-access edge computing (MEC) network, for accessing by an end device located within a first coverage area of the source MEC network;
registering, by the source application node, the application service session and the end device for an inter-MEC session relocation service with respect to a target MEC network associated with a second coverage area;
instantiating a target application node in the target MEC network responsive to a session mobility request;
requesting, by the target application node, an application context with the source application node;
determining whether the registering of the application service session and the end device includes an application relocation possibility indicator;
configuring, for the source application node based on a determination that the registering includes the application relocation possibility indicator, a timer value for routing data traffic associated with the application service session; and
routing, by the target application node and before an expiration of the timer value, the data traffic from the end device to the source application node.