US 12,256,298 B2
Service instance indication for resource creation
Yunjie Lu, Shanghai (CN); and Yong Yang, Kållered (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/293,529
Filed by TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/055117
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/099943, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2018/115618 (WO), filed on Nov. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0124468 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04L 67/1004 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/50 (2018.02) [H04L 67/1004 (2013.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04L 67/60 (2022.05)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operation of a network node implementing a network function, NF, service producer in a core network, the method comprising:
receiving at a first service instance of the NF service producer a request message from an NF service consumer to update a resource;
selecting a second service instance of an NF service producer different than the first service instance to update the requested resource which is replicated in the second service instance; and
sending a response message to the received request to the NF service consumer wherein the response message comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier, URI, for the updated resource together with information associated with the selected second service instance.