US 12,317,077 B2
Communication system
Devaki Chandramouli, Plano, TX (US); Nagendra S Bykampadi, Bangalore (IN); and Thomas Theimer, Baierbrunn (DE)
Assigned to NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/254,497
Filed by NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/066789
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/002306, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811023719 (IN), filed on Jun. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0127265 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/068 (2021.01) [H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04W 12/08 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code;
the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least:
receiving, from a requesting service or from a network function, an indication of security credentials for a selected service agent;
transmitting the security credentials to the selected service agent as part of a service request from the requesting service;
receiving, from the network function, security credentials that authorize access to at least two of the plurality of service agents or to each of the plurality of service instances; and
transmitting the security credentials to the requesting service.