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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2020
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Miguel Angel Muñoz De La Torre Alonso, Madrid, ES;
Rodrigo Alvarez Dominguez, Madrid, ES;
Miguel Angel Puente Pestaña, Madrid, ES;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method, performed by a first node (), for handling usage of a Domain Name Service (DNS) server () in a communications network (). The first node () obtains () one or more first indications. The one or more first indications indicate one or more rules on how a device () is to select, based on one or more criteria, a DNS server (), out of one or more DNS servers () for use by the device () for an application. The one or more first indications comprise an explicit indication of one of: a) which applications the one or more rules apply to, and b) that the one or more rules apply to all applications. The first node () sends () a second indication to one of: another node () and the device (). The second indication indicates the obtained one or more first indications.
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