| CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 24/04 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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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.
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