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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2024
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Spring, TX (US);
Juan Manuel Fernandez Galmes, Las Rozas de Madrid, ES;
Ignacio Aldama Perez, Las Rozas de Madrid, ES;
Jaime Garcia Munoz, Las Rozas de Madrid, ES;
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications network includes a core network. The core network includes: a first plurality of Network Functions (NFs); and a Network Registration Function (NRF) configured to communicate with the first plurality of NFs, where the first plurality of NFs are registered with the NRF, and the NRF is configured to: receive, from an NF service consumer located outside of the core network, a request for discovery of a topology of the core network; determine, based on an authorization procedure of the core network, whether the NF service consumer is authorized to discover the topology of the core network; and send, in response to determining that the NF service consumer is authorized to discover the topology of the core network, a response to the NF service consumer, where the response comprises information regarding each of the first plurality of NFs and interconnections between the first plurality of NFs.