US 12,324,058 B2
Core network assisted service discovery
Hongkun Li, Malvern, PA (US); Michael F. Starsinic, Newtown, PA (US); Rocco Di Girolamo, Laval (CA); and Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Hatboro, PA (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/132,598.
Application 18/132,598 is a continuation of application No. 17/258,237, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2019/040983, filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/695,280, filed on Jul. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328512 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 8/28 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/24 (2013.01) [H04W 8/28 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a network function (NF) of a core network and from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), a session establishment request, wherein the session establishment request comprises an indication that triggers a service discovery process;
sending, by the NF and to a network repository function (NRF), a service capability discovery request based on the indication that triggers a service discovery process;
receiving, by the NF and from the NRF, a service capability message in response to the service capability discovery request; and
sending, by the NF and to the WTRU, a message comprising one or more service capabilities received in the service capability message in response to the session establishment request.