UE Identifier Binding for Secure 5G Edge Service Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a method and apparatus to manage identifiers of User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system to provide edge computing services effectively, as existing systems face challenges in identifying and securing UE identifiers for edge computing platforms, particularly in 5G networks.
Innovation Solution
An edge enabler server manages UE identifiers by receiving and validating Generic Public Subscription Identifiers (GPSIs), binding IP addresses, and transmitting response messages, while providing capability exposure APIs to 3rd application servers, ensuring privacy and secure information access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If UE identifier management is implemented in edge computing systems, then service provision capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an edge enabler server as an intermediary component that mediates between the UE and the edge computing platform. This server handles identifier validation, IP address binding, and profile management, thereby enabling service provision without directly increasing the complexity of the core edge computing platform or UE devices.
2Reliability
If identifier validation and binding operations are performed, then security and privacy are improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-receiving and storing UE profiles in the edge enabler server before actual service delivery. When a UE connects, the server can quickly validate identifiers against pre-stored profile information and perform IP address binding without time-consuming real-time queries, thus maintaining security while reducing processing time.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for providing an edge computing service to a user equipment (UE) in a communication system, and more particularly, to a method and device for managing an identifier of a wireless communication UE so as to provide an edge computing service to the UE. A method includes receiving a first message via a mobile communication network from a UE of a mobile communication system, wherein the first message includes a generic public subscription identifier (GPSI) of the UE, and the received identifier of the UE identifies validity on the basis of a previously received profile of the UE; if the identifier of the UE is valid, binding and storing the identifier of the UE and a UE IP address based on the received first message; and if the identifier of the UE is valid, transmitting a first response message to the UE.