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Samsung patents 5G method to process data inside the network

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

The filing describes a way for mobile devices to ask the network to process data locally rather than sending it to a distant server. This involves the device sending a request that includes specific traffic details, allowing the network to pick a nearby server that can handle the task immediately.

Why it mattersThis could make streaming and gaming feel faster by reducing the time data spends traveling across the internet.

In the filing’s own words

The present disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure includes a method for introducing in-network computing technology to and supporting same in a 5G communication system, and mobile communication networks to emerge in the future. In-network computing refers to technology for additionally introducing a data processing-related function to a network device which had performed a role of simply forwarding network traffic. Through same, in the process of data being transferred through a network, processing of the data itself may be carried out, or the data may be processed in the shortest network path without being transferred to a destination server. Through same, various advantages may be gained such as reducing a delay time of a service being used on a terminal, increasing traffic throughput, and reducing costs.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a second network entity, a Packet Data Unit (PDU) session establishment request that includes information regarding whether to use in-network computing (INC) capability and traffic identification information; receiving a PDU session establishment result from the second network entity; and transmitting uplink data to a third network entity that supports the INC capability, selected by the second network entity, based on the PDU session establishment result.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
MESSAGE TRANSFER METHOD FOR SUPPORTING IN-NETWORK COMPUTING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK
Publication number
US20260322885A1
Application number
19109358
Filed
Sep 8, 2023
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
13

Classified under

H04L 67/141 Electricity & electronicsH04W 40/02 Electricity & electronics
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