US 11,811,886 B2
Methods and apparatuses for proxy deployment
Cheng Wang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/428,149
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/071214
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/164343, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2019/075257 (WO), filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0060548 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 67/561 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/51 (2022.05) [H04L 67/561 (2022.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented at a first network function, the method comprising:
receiving, from a second network function, a request for proxy discovery, the request for proxy discovery being a request for network function discovery which is reused to additionally request for proxy discovery;
determining at least one third network function for the second network function;
determining at least one proxy located between the second network function and at least one third network function for the second network function based on the request for proxy discovery and one or more proxy profiles available at the first network function; and
sending first information about the at least one proxy and second information about the at least one third network function together to the second network function.