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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0895 (2022.01); H04L 41/0823 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0895 (2022.05); H04L 41/0823 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network node apparatus (SMF) responsible for a Session Management Function (SMF) in a core network includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain network function information including information elements respectively related to network slices supported by the SMF; and a first communication processing unit configured to transmit the network function information to a network node apparatus responsible for a Network Repository Function (NRF) in the core network. The information elements respectively related to the network slices supported by the SMF have been aggregated within the network function information according to a predetermined rule.