US 11,888,711 B2
Capability exposure for service instantiation
Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Hatboro, PA (US); Michael F. Starsinic, Newtown, PA (US); Hongkun Li, Malvern, PA (US); and Rocco Di Girolamo, Laval (CA)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,561.
Application 17/569,561 is a continuation of application No. 16/339,443, granted, now 11,252,048, previously published as PCT/US2017/055270, filed on Oct. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/404,467, filed on Oct. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210032 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/5041 (2022.01); H04L 41/0813 (2022.01); H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/5048 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0813 (2013.01); H04L 41/0883 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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11. A method comprising:
receiving a message for service instantiation, where one or more parameters in the message includes a location of the service instantiation and a functional description of a first network function providing a service;
determining, based on the one or more parameters in the received message, requirements for instantiation of the first network function;
transmitting, to a second network function, an instantiation request of the first network function including the location of the service instantiation; and
receiving, from the second network function, a response indicating whether the first network function can be instantiated.