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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Pablo Martinez de la Cruz, Madrid, ES;
Miguel Angel Garcia Martin, Madrid, ES;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
There is provided mechanisms for enabling discovery of a service-providing NF in a 3GPP communication network. A method is performed by a Network Repository Function. The method comprises registering locality information of service-providing NFs according to locality attribute of each service-providing NF. Each locality attribute comprises structured values of location information of its service-providing NF. The method comprises obtaining a request from a service-requesting NF for one of the service-providing NFs. The request specifies a preferred locality of the requested service-providing NF. The preferred locality indicates, in terms of structured values of location information, geographical location where the service-requesting NF is deployed. The method comprises identifying, out of the service-providing NFs, that service-providing NF which has a locality attribute that best matches the preferred locality, whereby the service-providing NF closest to the geographical location where the service-requesting NF is deployed is identified. The method comprises providing a response to the service-requesting NF. The response comprises the locality attribute of the identified service-providing NF, thereby enabling discovery of the service-providing NF.