US 12,302,421 B2
Method and network node for port management
Wenliang Xu, Shanghai (CN); and Bo Zhang, Guangzhou (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/927,519
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed May 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/094070
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/238697, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2020/092090 (WO), filed on May 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247691 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/11 (2018.02) [H04W 40/24 (2013.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A network node comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions enabling the network node to implement an Application Function, AF, the network node being configured to, when implementing the AF, to perform:
transmitting, to a Network Exposure Function, NEF, a request for dynamically reserving or releasing a Reliable Data Service, RDS, port resource in association with a Non-Internet Protocol ‘IP’ Data Delivery, NIDD, configuration, the request containing an indication indicating whether the reserving or releasing of the RDS port resource requires confirmation with the terminal device; and
receiving, from the NEF, a response to the request.