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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2020
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Violeta Cakulev, Millburn, NJ (US);
Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Robert Avanes, Roanoke, TX (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system includes one or more devices that include a memory to store instructions and one or more processors to execute the instructions. The devices include an updated network function (NF) service producer that includes a recent update, wherein the NF service producer is configured to register at a Network Repository Function (NRF) using a Network Function profile (NF profile), wherein the NF profile indicates a Network Function type (NF type) and Application Programming Interface versions. The devices further include a network function (NF) service consumer configured to: receive a message from a network component; determine to engage a service of a NF service producer of the NF type based on the message; and send a discovery request to the NRF in response to the message, wherein the message includes search criteria that specify a version field extended with an operator dependent version field.