Network repository function (NRF) discovery control
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorMuhammad Adnan Farooq
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Abstract
Controlling Network Repository Function (NRF) during discovery within a Fifth Generation (5G) network is described. In an example, the NRF can receive, from a Network Function (NF) consumer associated with the 5G network, a request for information associated with a NF producer type. The NRF can receive, from one or more NF producers associated with the NF producer type, indications of the NF producers and the NRF can generate a list of NF producers based at least in part on the indications. The NRF can select, based at least in part on a configurable parameter, a subset of the list of NF producers and send, responsive to receiving the request, the subset of the list of NF producers to the NF consumer.
Claims20
A method, implemented at a Network Repository Function (NRF) associated with a Fifth Generation (5G) network, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a Network Function (NF) consumer associated with the 5G network, a discovery request for information associated with a NF producer type;
- receiving, from NF producers associated with the NF producer type, indications of the NF producers;
- generating a list of NF producers based at least in part on the indications;
- selecting, based at least in part on a configurable parameter, a subset of the list of NF producers;
- and
- sending, responsive to receiving the discovery request, the subset of the list of NF producers to the NF consumer,
- wherein the configurable parameter is configured based at least in part on a number of service types available for the NF producer type.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a Network Function (NF) consumer associated with a Fifth Generation (5G) network, a request for information associated with a NF producer type;
- receiving, from one or more NF producers associated with the NF producer type, indications of the NF producers;
- generating a list of NF producers based at least in part on the indications;
- selecting, based at least in part on a configurable parameter, a subset of the list of NF producers;
- and
- sending, responsive to receiving the request, the subset of the list of NF producers to the NF consumer,
- wherein the configurable parameter is configured for the NF producer type and based at least in part on a redundancy threshold.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a Network Repository Function (NRF) of a Fifth Generation (5G) Network to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a Network Function (NF) consumer associated with the 5G network, a request for information associated with a NF producer type;
- receiving, from one or more NF producers associated with the NF producer type, indications of the NF producers;
- generating a list of NF producers based at least in part on the indications;
- selecting, based at least in part on a configurable parameter, a subset of the list of NF producers;
- and
- sending, responsive to receiving the request and without associating a load balancer, the subset of the list of NF producers to the NF consumer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.