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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2022
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Narayanan Govindan Kasi, Olathe, KS (US);
Saravana Velusamy, Overland Park, KS (US);
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, devices, and techniques described herein are directed to managing discoverability of Session Management Functions (SMFs) in mobile networks based on connectivity to peer network functions (NFs). In particular, the systems, devices, and techniques can be implemented in fifth generation (5G) mobile networks to provide capability for an SMF to monitor connectivity with one or more peer network NFs, determine the connectivity with the one or more peer NFs does not satisfy a threshold level of connectivity with the peer NFs, and determine to suspend assignment of new calls and connections to the SMF. The SMF may then transmit a message to a network resource function (NRF) associated with the SMF to modify at least one status of the SMF at the NRF to cause the suspension of the assignment of the new calls and connections to the SMF.