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AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsYong Yang, Yunjie Lu
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An enhanced communication of recovery information related to restart of a NF Service provider of NF consumer (e.g., NF Service Instance, NF Service Set, NF Instance, NF Set) is introduced. In exemplary embodiments, a recovery timestamp in a restart notification related to the restart of a NF Service provider or NF consumer is associated with the NF Service provider or NF consumer corresponding to the binding level of session contexts served by the service provider or NF consumer. The NF Service provider/consumer may be a NF Service Instance, NF Service Set, NF Instance and NF Set. In the case of a failure, the recovery timestamp populated in a recovery notification is matching the binding level of session contexts which will be affected by the failed NF Service provider/consumer. The recovery timestamp may be included in indirect signaling via a NRF and in direct signal between NFs. Further the recovery timestamp can be included in the header of a restart notification or in a message body of the restart notification. The restart notification may be a service request/response, notification request/response, or a Subscription request/response.
A method implemented by a sending network node in a communication system of sending an enhanced restart notification to a receiving network node, the method comprising:
A method implemented by a receiving network node in a communication system of receiving an enhanced restart notification from a sending network node, the method comprising:
A network node in a core network of a communication network configured sending an enhanced restart notification to a receiving network node, the network node comprising:
A network node in a core network of a communication network configured receive an enhanced restart notification to a receiving network node, the network node comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry in a network node causes the network node to:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry in a network node causes the network node to:
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