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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;

Inventor:

Jingwang Ma, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 12/2874 (2013.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.05); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Address information obtaining methods and apparatuses are described. It is determined that a network element that supports a type of a first NF and that is in a first network slice needs to be accessed. The type of the first NF and information about the first network slice is sent to a network repository network element to obtain address information of the network element that supports the type of the first NF and is in the first network slice. Address information of a first network element is received from the network repository network element. The first network element is the network element that supports the type of the first NF and that is in the first network slice. A terminal can obtain the address information of the network element that supports the type of the first NF and that is in the first network slice.


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