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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2022
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Kawal Sapra, Bangalore, IN;
Ann Susan Mathew, Bangalore, IN;
Doki Satish Kumar Patro, Bangalore, IN;
Venkatesh Aravamudhan, Bangalore, IN;
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA;
Abstract
A method for dynamic optimized NF discovery includes querying an NF repository function (NRF), receiving at least one response to the querying, and building, from the at least one response, an NF discovery data digest of NF profile attributes and corresponding attribute values usable as query parameters in NF discovery requests. The method further includes determining that a consumer NF has a need for a service, and, in response, formulating, using the NF discovery data digest, an NF discovery request message including at least one of the NF profile attribute values as a query parameter. The method further includes transmitting the NF discovery request message to the NRF. The method further includes receiving an NF discovery response from the NRF including at least one NF profile. The method further includes using the at least one NF to facilitate providing of the service to the consumer NF.