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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2022
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Robert Avanes, Roanoke, TX (US);
Violeta Cakulev, Millburn, NJ (US);
Hossein M. Ahmadi, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Jerry Steben, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Ali Imdad Malik, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods described herein provide binding support function (BSF) service registration and discovery for environments using oversubscribed network addresses. A network device in a core network receives a registration request from a binding support device. The registration request includes a binding group identifier associated with the binding support device. The network device stores, based on the registration request, a profile for the binding support device that includes the binding group identifier and receives, from a policy control device, a discovery request for a that includes a unique identifier of user equipment (UE) device. The network device provides, to the policy control device, a response to the discovery request that identifies the binding support device.