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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2023
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Cheng Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Ferhat Karakoc, Istanbul, TR;
Dan Xu, Gothenburg, SE;
Jing Yue, Stockholm, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Embodiments include methods for a first network function, NF, configured to operate as a server of a federated learning, FL, group in a communication network. Such methods include registering the following information in a network repository function, NRF, of the communication network: a vendor ID associated with the first NF, and an interoperability ID that corresponds to one or more vendor IDs associated with further NFs authorized to join the FL group as clients. Such methods include receiving an indication of a second NF, of the communication network, that is a candidate client for the FL group, and creating or updating the FL group including the second NF as a client, based on one of the following: a first token indicating that the first NF is authorized to add the second NF to the FL group as a client; or a second token indicating that the second NF is authorized to join the FL group as a client.