US 12,232,022 B2
Service registration and discovery in a communications network
Maria Cruz Bartolomé Rodrigo, Madrid (ES); and Emiliano Merino Vazquez, Madrid (ES)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/500,540.
Application 18/500,540 is a continuation of application No. 17/407,582, filed on Aug. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,832,169.
Application 17/407,582 is a continuation of application No. 16/756,102, granted, now 11,109,307, issued on Aug. 31, 2021, previously published as PCT/EP2018/078045, filed on Oct. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064622 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 4/50 (2018.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.