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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Cheng Wang, Shanghai, CN;
David Castellanos Zamora, Madrid, ES;
Prajwol Kumar Nakarmi, Sollentuna, SE;
Vesa Torvinen, Sauvo, FI;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Network equipment in a wireless communication network is configured to receive at least a portion of a subscription concealed identifier, SUCI, () for a subscriber. The SUCI () contains a concealed subscription permanent identifier, SUPI, () for the subscriber. The received at least a portion of the SUCI () indicates a sub-domain code, SDC. The SDC indicates a certain sub-domain, from among multiple sub-domains of a home network of the subscriber, to which the subscriber is assigned. The network equipment is also configured to determine, based on the SDC and from among multiple instances of a provider network function in the home network respectively allocated to provide a service to be consumed for subscribers assigned to different sub-domains, an instance of the provider network function to provide the service to be consumed for the subscriber.