Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network repository function in 5GC
-
Application No.: US16768529Application Date: 2017-12-13
-
Publication No.: US11523307B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Ralf Keller , Jari Vikberg
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP
- International Application: PCT/SE2017/051266 WO 20171213
- International Announcement: WO2019/117769 WO 20190620
- Main IPC: H04W36/00
- IPC: H04W36/00 ; H04W84/04

Abstract:
A method performed by a first NF service provider in 5GC, for enabling a specific functionality for a specific area of a communications network. The 5GC further comprises one or more second NF service provider managing the specific functionality in the 5GC and a NF service consumer requesting the specific functionality to be performed by the second NF service provider for the specific area. The method comprises obtaining, from the NF service provider, information regarding the functionality and the network area supported. The method further comprises receiving a request for the address of the second NF service provider supporting the functionality in a desired network area. The method further comprises determining the address of the NF service provider supporting the functionality for the network area indicated and sending the determined address to the NF service consumer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200305033A1 NETWORK REPOSITORY FUNCTION IN 5GC Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
Information query