US 11,997,755 B2
System and method for unified data repositories and application programming interfaces for avoiding segmentation synchronization
Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah, Keller, TX (US); and Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Flower Mound, TX (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 Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,369.
Prior Publication US 2023/0078778 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/22 (2013.01) [H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a Network Repository Function (NRF), in a segment in a plurality of segments of a Fifth Generation (5G) network, configured to:
receive a registration request from a Unified Data Repository (UDR), wherein the registration request indicates that the UDR includes both UE-specific data and non-UE specific data;
store registration information provided in the registration request;
receive a second request from a network function within the segment, and
send a response to the second request based on the registration information,
wherein any UDR, in one of the segments, which stores only non-UE specific data, is configured to be synchronized to another UDR, in another one of the segments, which stores only non-UE specific data; and
wherein any UDR, in one of the segments, which stores both non-UE specific data and UE-specific data, is configured not to be synchronized to another UDR, in another one of the segments, which stores both non-UE specific data and UE specific data.