CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 4/50 (2018.02)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method for service discovery in a communications network, the method being performed by a service registration network function and comprising:
in response to a service discovery request, providing a service discovery response, the service discovery response identifying:
a service providing network function that provides the service; and
data administered by the service provided by the service providing network function;
the service discovery response further identifying:
a further network function that provides the service and identifies further data administered by the service provided by the further network function, the data administered by the service provided by the service providing network function and the further data administered by the service provided by the further network function comprising the same group of subscribers associated with at least one of the data, the same subset of data, category of data and range of data.
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