US 2025/0159025 A1 · METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

Abstract

There is provided a method performed by a home subscriber server or unified data management function, the method comprising: receiving one or more internet protocol multimedia subsystem, IMS, profiles from one or more IMS application servers, IMS ASs, each IMS profile comprising IMS AS identifying information and one or more parameters of a respective IMS AS of the one or more IMS ASs; storing the received one or more IMS profiles; receiving, from a consumer network function, a second message comprising a discovery request indicating a target network function type as IMS AS and one or more target parameters; and sending, to the consumer network function, an IMS profile comprising one or more parameters matching the one or more target parameters.

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An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;
and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
receiving one or more internet protocol multimedia subsystem, IMS, profiles from one or more IMS application servers, IMS ASs, each IMS profile comprising IMS AS identifying information and one or more parameters of a respective IMS AS of the one or more IMS ASs;
storing the received one or more IMS profiles;
receiving, from a consumer network function, a second message comprising a discovery request indicating a target network function type as IMS AS and one or more target parameters;
and
sending, to the consumer network function, an IMS profile comprising one or more parameters matching the one or more target parameters.

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An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;
and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
sending, to a home subscriber server or unified data management function, a second message comprising a discovery request indicating a target network function type as internet protocol multimedia subsystem application server, IMS AS, and one or more filter parameters defining one or more target parameters;
receiving, from the home subscriber server or unified data management function, an IMS profile based on the one or more filter parameters;
and
connecting to the IMS AS based on the received IMS profile.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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