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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Yingjiao He, Shanghai, CN;
Xinyu Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Wu Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Jinyin Zhu, Shanghai, CN;
Deqin Zhan, Shanghai, CN;
Yunjie Lu, Shanghai, CN;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for subscribing a notification of a change of a network function. A method for subscribing to notification of a change of a network function may comprise: transmitting (S) a subscription message to a monitoring network function; and receiving (S) a notification from the monitoring network function to notify a change from the network function whose status is required to be monitored. The subscription message indicates of the network function. The attribute comprises a serving scope indicating one or more target served area of the network function whose status is required to be monitored. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a simple and fast implementation for subscribing notification of change of network function may be achieved. Particularly, both the response time and the accuracy of the notification about a change of a subscribed network function may be improved.