US 11,706,309 B2
Discovery of a collaborative proxy node in a 3GPP communication network
Miguel Angel Muñoz De La Torre Alonso, Madrid (ES); Marcus Ihlar, Älvsjö (SE); and Zaheduzzaman Sarker, Järfälla (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/772,642
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052238
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/083553, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19382953 (EP), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0385741 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/564 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/564 (2022.05) [H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for enabling discovery of a collaborative proxy node in a 3GPP communication network, the method being performed by a network exposure function, the method comprising:
obtaining, from a content providing application function, a request for a collaborative proxy service to be performed for application traffic between the application function and a user equipment, the collaborative proxy service being performed by the collaborative proxy node; and
providing, upon having authorized the request, parameters as obtained in the request to a policy control function, thereby enabling discovery of the collaborative proxy node.