Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Selection of service-providing network functions in a 3GPP communication network
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Application No.: US17798533Application Date: 2021-01-21
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Publication No.: US12231432B2Publication Date: 2025-02-18
- Inventor: Pablo Martinez De La Cruz , Francisco Javier Garcia Garcia , Jesus Angel De Gregorio Rodriguez , Maria Esther Bas Sanchez
- 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: Sage Patent Group
- Priority: EP20382095 20200212
- International Application: PCT/EP2021/051327 WO 20210121
- International Announcement: WO2021/160403 WO 20210819
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00 ; H04L9/40

Abstract:
There is provided mechanisms for enabling selection of service-providing NFs in a 3GPP communication network. A method is performed by an NRF. The method comprises obtaining one register request from each of the service-providing NFs. Each registration request comprises an NF profile. Each NF profile comprises a security setting attribute. The method comprises storing the NF profiles of the service-providing NFs. The method comprises obtaining a discovery request from a service-requesting NF. The request indicates an NF type. The method comprises providing a discovery response to the service-requesting NF. The discovery response comprises the NF profile of at least one of the service-providing NFs of the NF type, thereby enabling selection of the service-providing NFs. The security setting attribute may pertain to support for mutual TLS and/or for use of OAuth-2 based authorization.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230083529A1 SELECTION OF SERVICE-PROVIDING NETWORK FUNCTIONS IN A 3GPP COMMUNICATION NETWORK Public/Granted day:2023-03-16
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