US 11,991,036 B2
Communication method and apparatus, entity, and computer-readable storage medium
Tao Wang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,962.
Application 17/405,962 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/086116, filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910372444.0 (CN), filed on May 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0377097 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 41/04 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/04 (2013.01) 17 Claims
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1. A communication method, comprising:
receiving, by a control function entity, first requests respectively transmitted by N first network function (NF) entities, each first request comprising a first valid time, the first valid time corresponding to a service provided by a first NF entity transmitting the first request, and N being an integer greater than 0;
receiving, by the control function entity, a second request transmitted by a second NF entity, the second request comprising: a valid time period, a data network name (DNN), location information of a terminal that requests a service from the second NF entity, and an entity type of a first NF entity;
determining, by the control function entity, a list of third NF entities from the N first NF entities, wherein each third NF entity is of the entity type and has a respective first valid time covering the valid time period; and
transmitting, by the control function entity, a first response to the second NF entity, the first response comprising a respective first valid time associated with each respective third NF entity for the second NF entity to perform service communication with the respective third NF entity within the respective first valid time in which the respective third NF entity provides a service.