US 2019/0166001 A1 · NETWORK FUNCTION NF MANAGEMENT METHOD AND NF MANAGEMENT DEVICE

Abstract

This application discloses an NF management method and an NF management device, to perform centralized management on discovery and access between NF components, thereby facilitating a normal network operation. The method in embodiments of this application includes: receiving an NF discovery request sent by a first NF component, where the NF discovery request includes a second NF identifier, and the second NF identifier is used to indicate a second NF; obtaining component information of a second NF component based on the second NF identifier, where the second NF component has the second NF, and the component information includes a discovery policy of the second NF component and a second NF component identifier; determining, based on the discovery policy in the component information, whether the first NF component can access the second NF component; and if yes, sending the second NF component identifier to the first NF component.

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Dependent claims

A network function (NF) management method, comprising:

receiving an NF discovery request sent by a first NF component, wherein the NF discovery request comprises a second NF identifier, and the second NF identifier is used to indicate a second NF;
obtaining component information of a second NF component based on the second NF identifier, wherein the second NF component has the second NF, and the component information comprises a discovery policy of the second NF component and a second NF component identifier;
determining, based on the discovery policy in the component information, whether the first NF component can access the second NF component;
and
if yes, sending the second NF component identifier to the first NF component.

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A network function (NF) management method, comprising:

receiving an NF discovery request sent by a first NF component, wherein the NF discovery request comprises a second NF identifier;
obtaining a discovery policy of a second NF based on the second NF identifier;
obtaining identifiers of one or more second NF components if the discovery policy of the second NF allows the first NF component to access the second NF, wherein the second NF component has the second NF;
and
sending the identifiers of the one or more second NF components to the first NF component.

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A network function (NF) management device, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive an NF discovery request sent by a first NF component, wherein the NF discovery request comprises a second NF identifier, and the second NF identifier is used to indicate a second NF;
a processing module, configured to obtain component information of a second NF component based on the second NF identifier, wherein the second NF component has the second NF, and the component information comprises a discovery policy of the second NF component and a second NF component identifier;
wherein
the processing module is further configured to determine, based on the discovery policy in the component information, whether the first NF component can access the second NF component;
and
a sending module, configured to send the second NF component identifier to the first NF component when the first NF component can access the second NF component.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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