ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,209, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SK TELECOM Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Network device and method for searching for edge service implemented in network device" was invented by Dong Jin Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure proposes a novel solution (technology) for achieving a service environment in which an edge service applicable to a subscriber in a control plane (control node) can be searched for and selected by searching for the edge service in UPF in response to a request of the control plane (control node)."
The patent was filed on June 19, 2020, under Application No. 17/434,...