	US 12,231,507 B2
	Method and apparatus for flow control
Peng Li, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/642,377
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/114259 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/047551, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2019/105666 (WO), filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330085 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 67/565 (2022.01); H04L 67/63 (2022.01); H04W 28/10 (2009.01)

CPC H04L 67/51 (2022.05) [H04L 67/565 (2022.05); H04L 67/63 (2022.05); H04W 28/10 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A method at a service communication proxy (SCP), comprising:

creating a flow table entry including a match field and an instruction field; and

applying the flow table entry to match and process a service request from a network function (NF) consumer, wherein the service request is to be served by a NF producer, wherein the SCP is a service entry of another NF set, and the method further comprises:

receiving a service request towards to the service entry of another NF set; and

forwarding the service request to a final NF service producer based on a policy of the service entry of another NF set.