Core network assisted service discovery
AssigneeConvida Wireless, LLC
InventorsHongkun LI, Michael F. STARSINIC, Rocco DI GIROLAMO, Catalina Mihaela MLADIN
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for integrating NF discovery and application layer service capability discovery in a communications network, such as the 3 GPP NR (e.g., 5G) network.
Claims29
An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- transmitting, to an entity of a core network, a message, the message comprising a request to advertise one or more service capabilities of the apparatus to the core network, the message further comprising an identifier (ID) associated with the apparatus, an identifier associated with each of the one or more service capabilities of the apparatus, and information concerning each of the one or more service capabilities of the apparatus;
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- receiving, from the core network entity, a message comprising a response to the request, the response comprising an address within the core network from which the information concerning each of the one or more service capabilities of the apparatus may be accessed.
An apparatus implementing an entity of a core network, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the core network entity to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a requesting apparatus in communication with the core network, a message comprising a request to advertise one or more service capabilities of the requesting apparatus to the core network, the message further comprising an identifier (ID) associated with the requesting apparatus, an identifier associated with each of the one or more service capabilities of the requesting apparatus, and information concerning each of the one or more service capabilities of the requesting apparatus;
- storing, in the memory of the core network entity, the identifier (ID) associated with the requesting apparatus, the identifier associated with each of the one or more service capabilities of the requesting apparatus, and the information concerning each of the one or more service capabilities of the requesting apparatus;
- sending, to the requesting apparatus, a message comprising a response to the request to advertise, the response comprising an address associated with the memory of the core network entity from which the identifiers and information concerning each of the one or more service capabilities of the requesting apparatus may be accessed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.