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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Nokia Solutions and Networks Gmbh & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
Klaus Hoffmann, Munich, DE;
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS GMBH & CO. KG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method are configured to host subscription data of communication elements of a communication network attached to virtualized network functions on the basis of a stored indication, and storing an indication for the virtualized network functions indicating whether the virtualized network functions are de-instantiated. A message directed to a virtualized network function is received and processed, and the method then checks whether the virtualized network function is indicated to be still instantiated or not. If the results of the checking is that the virtualized network function is de-instantiated, a simulation process is conducted.