Service registration and discovery in a communications network
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsMaria Cruz Bartolomé Rodrigo, Emiliano Merino Vazquez
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein include a method for service registration in a communications network. The method includes receiving a service registration request, the request identifying a network function to provide a service, a type of the service, and data administered by the service provided by the network function; and storing information in a repository, the information identifying the network function, the type of the service and the data administered by the service provided by the network function.
Claims20
A method for service registration in a communications network, the method comprising:
- receiving a service registration request, the request identifying a network function to provide a service, a type of the service, and data administered by the service provided by the network function;
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- storing information in a repository, the information identifying the network function, the type of the service and the data administered by the service provided by the network function;
- receiving a further service registration request, the further service registration request identifying a further network function to provide the service, the type of the service, and further data administered by the service provided by the further network function;
- storing further information in a repository, the further information identifying the further network function, the type of the service and the further data administered by the service provided by the further network function;
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- the data administered by the service provided by the network function and the further data administered by the service provided by the further network function comprise the same group of subscribers associated with at least one of the data, the same subset of data, category of data and range of data.
A method for service discovery in a communications network, the method comprising:
- in response to a service discovery request to a service registration network function, the service discovery request identifying a type of service, receiving a service discovery response, the response identifying a service providing network function that provides the service and identifying data administered by the service provided by the service providing network function;
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- the service discovery response identifies a further network function that provides the service and identifies further data administered by the service provided by the further network function, the data administered by the service provided by the service providing network function and the further data administered by the service provided by the further network function comprise the same group of subscribers associated with at least one of the data, the same subset of data, category of data and range of data.
An apparatus for service registration in a communications network, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory containing instructions executable by the processor such that the apparatus is configured to:
- receive a service registration request, the request identifying a network function to provide a service, a type of the service, and data administered by the service provided by the network function;
- store information in a repository, the information identifying the network function, the type of the service and the data administered by the service provided by the network function;
- receive a further service registration request, the further service registration request identifying a further network function to provide the service, the type of the service, and further data administered by the service provided by the further network function;
- store further information in a repository, the further information identifying the further network function, the type of the service and the further data administered by the service provided by the further network function;
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- the data administered by the service provided by the network function and the further data administered by the service provided by the further network function comprise the same group of subscribers associated with at least one of the data, the same subset of data, category of data and range of data.
An apparatus for service discovery in a communications network, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory containing instructions executable by the processor such that the apparatus is configured to:
- receive, in response to a service discovery request to a service registration network function, the service discovery request identifying a type of service, a service discovery response, the response identifying a service providing network function that provides the service and identifying data administered by the service provided by the service providing network function;
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- the service discovery response identifies a further network function that provides the service and identifies further data administered by the service provided by the further network function, the data administered by the service provided by the service providing network function and the further data administered by the service provided by the further network function comprise the same group of subscribers associated with at least one of the data, the same subset of data, category of data and range of data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.