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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2021
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Marouane Balmakhtar, Fairfax, VA (US);
Gregory David Schumacher, Holliston, MA (US);
Geoffrey Todd Gibson, Rowlett, TX (US);
T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication network serves a Network Exposure Function (NEF) slice to User Equipment (UE). An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) selects a NEF slice for the UE. A Session Management Function (SMF) selects a NEF address for the NEF slice for the UE. A User Plane Function (UPF) exchanges Application Programming Interface (API) calls and responses between the UE and a NEF based on the NEF address. The NEF exchanges the API messages with the UE over the UPF. The NEF slice may comprise an edge NEF slice that is selected based on the geographic location of the UE and that features a local NEF element that is coupled to a core NEF element.