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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2024
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Amarnath Jayaramachar, Bangalore, IN;
Yesh Goel, Bangalore, IN;
Doki Satish Kumar Patro, Bangalore, IN;
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for network function (NF) discovery between forwarded and forwarding NF repository functions (NRFs) includes receiving, at a forwarding NRF, an NF discovery request message generated by a consumer NF or a service communication proxy (SCP), determining, by the forwarding NRF, not to process the NF discovery request message locally and transmitting the NF discovery request message to a forwarded NRF. The forwarded NRF receives the discovery request message, applies empty-list functionality to promote the producer NFs having NF profiles that match query parameters in the NF discovery request message from a SUSPENDED state to a REGISTERED state, and generates and transmits an NF discovery response message and an indication of application if the empty-list functionality to the forwarding NRF. The forwarding NRF applies a local policy to process the indication of application of the empty-list functionality and transmits the NF discovery response to the consumer NF or SCP.