US 12,256,303 B2
Systems and methods for emergency broadcast using delegated discovery
Hossein M. Ahmadi, Parsippany, NJ (US); Ali Imdad Malik, East Brunswick, NJ (US); Violeta Cakulev, Millburn, NJ (US); and Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,489.
Prior Publication US 2023/0336957 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 24/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a service communication proxy (SCP) on a network, a request from a Network Function (NF) consumer, the request including a set of parameters, the SCP operatively connected to a network repository function (NRF);
identifying, by the SCP using the NRF, a plurality of target NF producers corresponding to the set of parameters;
transmitting, by the SCP, the request to the plurality of target NF producers;
receiving, by the SCP, a failure request response corresponding to one of the target NF producers having an associated second set of parameters; and
retransmitting, by the SCP, the request to the target NF producer having the associated second set of parameters;
receiving, by the SCP, a plurality of successful request responses corresponding to some or all of the plurality of target NF producers;
transmitting, by the SCP, one of the plurality of successful request response to the NF consumer; and
discarding, by the SCP, all other successful request responses.