Messaging in a wireless communication network

A method of operating a wireless communication network to serve a Unified Data Repository (UDR) message queue, the method comprising:

• the wireless communication network receiving a current message that relates to a wireless user device for delivery to a network function and writing the current message to the UDR message queue;
• the wireless communication network determining if the UDR message queue stores one or more prior messages that relate to the wireless user device;
• the wireless communication network transferring the current message that relates to the wireless user device from the UDR message queue for delivery to the network function when the UDR message queue does not store the one or more prior messages for the wireless user device;
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• when the UDR message queue for the wireless user device does store the one or more prior messages for the wireless user device, the wireless communication network prioritizing the current message and the one or more prior messages by network function type and transferring the current message and the one or more prior messages that relate to the wireless user device from the UDR message queue for delivery to the network function based on the prioritization.

A wireless communication network to transfer messages that relate to a wireless user device, the wireless communication network comprising:

• a message queue;
• a message function to receive a current message that relates to the wireless user device for delivery to a network function, write the current message to the message queue, determine if a UDR message queue stores one or more prior messages that relate to the wireless user device, and transfer the current message that relates to the wireless user device from the message queue for delivery to the network function when the message queue does not store the one or more prior messages for the wireless user device;
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• when the message queue for the wireless user device does store the one or more prior messages for the wireless user device, the message function to prioritize the current message and the one or more prior messages by network function type and transfer the current message and the one or more prior messages that relate to the wireless user device from the message queue for delivery to the network function based on the prioritization.