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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Maria Cruz Bartolomé Rodrigo, Madrid, ES;
Attila Mihály, Dunakeszi, HU;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention faces the issues of re-selection of another NF Service instance () for a subsequent request (S-, S-) with a same data consistency (Consistency 1) as a previously selected NF Service instance (). To solve this issue, the present invention provides for identifying at configuration, based on the deployment and on the Storage solution for the Session/context data, which instances () of the same service type have access with strong consistency to the same data, and provide this information to the consumer (), so it is allowed to prioritize selection of an alternative NF service instance that supports strong consistency, whenever possible.