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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2021
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Amarnath Jayaramachar, Bangalore, IN;
Yesh Goel, Bangalore, IN;
Doki Satish Kumar Patro, Bangalore, IN;
Sridhar Karuturi, Raleigh, NC (US);
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for limiting network function (NF) repository function (NRF) forwarding are disclosed. One example method for limiting NRF forwarding comprises: at a first NF comprising at least one processor: receiving a request message associated with a consumer NF; determining that the request message cannot be serviced by the first NF; inserting or modifying a forwarding limit value in the request message, wherein the forwarding limit value indicates a number of times that the request message can be forwarded; and forwarding the request message including the forwarding limit value toward a second NF.