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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Yunjie Lu, Shanghai, CN;
Wenliang Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method for a user equipment (UE) service management network element in a communication network, comprising: receiving a first request, and in response to determining that the first request is to request the UE service management network element to be an intermediate UE service management network element for a service of a UE, sending a second request to another UE service management network element indicated in the first request, and receiving a response corresponding to the second request, wherein the response comprises Internet Protocol (IP) address information of the UE.