US 12,342,168 B2
Method and system for data access authorization via a data collection coordination function
Pinar Comak, Ankara (TR); Christine Jost, Dalby (SE); Ferhat Karakoc, Istanbul (TR); Ulf Mattsson, Kungsbacka (SE); and Zhang Fu, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/259,926
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/086976
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/144231, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/132,941, filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0163672 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 12/084 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/084 (2021.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a data collection coordination function (DCCF) in a communication network, the method comprising:
receiving, from a data consumer network function (NF) in the communication network, at least one access token for a service provided by the DCCF in relation to data requested by the data consumer NF;
based on the at least one access token, determining whether the data consumer NF is authorized to access the service provided by the DCCF and the requested data; and
based on determining that the data consumer NF is authorized to access both the service provided by the DCCF and the data to be collected, performing the service provided by the DCCF to request a data producer NF to provide the requested data to the data consumer NF.