US 12,225,493 B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing service-based interface (SBI) support for network functions (NFs) not supporting SBI service operations
Ankit Srivastava, Uttar Pradesh (IN); Avinash Jha, Mumbai (IN); Anup Shivarajapura, Bangalore (IN); and Venkatesh Aravamudhan, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA (US)
Filed by Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,366.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322270 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 60/04 (2013.01) [H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing service based interface (SBI) support for network elements (NEs) not supporting SBI service operations, the method comprising:
receiving SBI configuration parameters for an NE not supporting SBI service operations;
establishing a connection with the NE not supporting SBI service operations;
registering, with a network function (NF) repository function (NRF) and using the SBI configuration parameters, the NE not supporting SBI service operations, wherein registering the NE not supporting SBI service operations includes performing an NFRegister service operation with the NRF on behalf of the NE not supporting SBI service operations;
monitoring, over the connection, status of the NE not supporting SBI service operations; and
updating, with the NRF, the status of the NE not supporting SBI service operations.