| CPC H04L 41/50 (2013.01) [H04L 67/1008 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |

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1. A service providing method performed by a service providing apparatus in a service network, comprising:
receiving a first service request from a tenant in the service network, wherein the first service request comprises an identifier of the tenant;
generating a cell identifier based on the identifier of the tenant;
creating a target serving cell associated with the cell identifier in response to the first service request;
determining M to-be-selected service instances from available service instances, wherein M is an integer greater than 1, wherein the M to-be-selected service instances are identified by different instance numbers derived by applying different hash functions to the cell identifier;
selecting a plurality of service instances from the M to-be-selected service instances for inclusion in the target service cell; and
selecting a first service instance from the plurality of service instances in the target serving cell for processing the first service request.
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