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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026

Filed:

May. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a computer-implemented method for enabling an Application Function (AF) to request User Plane capabilities of a Mobile Network Operator (MNO). The method comprises requesting, by the AF from a Network Exposure Function (NEF), one or more UP capability groups for a first application identifier (App-ID) and/or one or more UP capabilities for the first App-ID, providing, from the NEF to a network entity, information associated with the one or more UP capability groups for the first App-ID and/or one or more UP capabilities for the first App-ID, storing, at the network entity, the one or more UP capability groups for the first App-ID and/or one or more UP capabilities for the first App-ID; and providing an indication from the NEF to the AF to indicate that the request has been accepted.


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Muñoz De La Torre Alonso, Miguel. (2026). Service function chaining exposure in 5g networks (U.S. Patent No. 12621641). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12621641

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