METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SERVICE ENABLER ARCHITECTURE LAYER (SEAL) SERVICES

The present disclosure relates to a 5G communication system or a 6G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method disclosed herein includes receiving, by a group management server, a request from a group management client for creating at least one Vertical Application Layer (VAL) group. The method further includes creating, by the group management server, the at least one VAL group. The method further includes obtaining, by the group management server, external group identifier information for identifying a group of member User Equipments (UEs) of the at least one VAL group at a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) core network. The method further includes sending, by the group management server, a creation response to the group management client, on obtaining the external group identifier information for the created at least one VAL group.