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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
May. 21, 2024
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04L 41/122 (2022.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.01); H04L 43/20 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04L 41/122 (2022.05); H04L 41/40 (2022.05); H04L 43/20 (2022.05); H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network entity generates a discovery request and transmit the discovery request to a network repository entity, NRE, wherein, advantageously, the discovery request includes a set of query parameters, the set of query parameters comprising a set of candidate network entity identifiers (IDs) comprising at least a first candidate network entity ID (e.g., an I-SMF instance ID), wherein each candidate network entity ID included in the set of candidate network entity IDs identifies a candidate network entity.