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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/14 (2026.01); G06F 11/1446 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1464 (2013.01); G06F 11/1451 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method in a network node implementing a Network Function, NF. The method includes: transmitting, to another NF, information indicating an identifier, ID, of each of one or more backup entities for one or more contexts in the NF. The information is included in a binding indication or a separate indication from the binding indication. The one or more backup entities are one or more backup NF instances or one or more backup NF service instances.