US 12,232,015 B2
Repository function address blocking
Narayanan Govindan Kasi, Olathe, KS (US); and Saravana Velusamy, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,979.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031910 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 80/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/02 (2013.01) [H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 80/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a one or more computing devices configured in a wireless communications network, the method comprising:
receiving, at a repository function from a session management function, a first request for a first address for an access management function;
determining, at the repository function, the first address from among a plurality of addresses associated with the access management function;
transmitting, from the repository function to the session management function, the first address;
receiving, at the repository function from the session management function, a request to block the first address from responses to requests for addresses for the access management function;
storing and associating, in a memory at the repository function, an indication of the first address and an indication of the session management function;
receiving, at the repository function from the session management function, a second request for a second address for the access management function;
determining, at the repository function, the second address from among the plurality of addresses associated with the access management function;
determining, at the repository function, that the second address does not correspond to the indication of the first address; and
transmitting, from the repository function to the session management function based at least in part on determining that the second address does not correspond to the indication of the first address, the second address.