US 12,407,668 B2
Authorization of consumer network functions
Songmao Li, Shanghai (CN); Christine Jost, Dalby (SE); Jesus Angel De Gregorio Rodriguez, Madrid (ES); and Dan Xu, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/558,587
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/059974
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/248118, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,251, filed on May 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0168155 A1, May 22, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0807 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a service consumer network function (NF) of a communication network, the method comprising:
sending, to a network repository function (NRF) of the communication network, a request for an access token for notifications from a service producer NF of the communication network, wherein the request includes a list of alternative notification endpoints;
receiving, from the NRF, an access token for the notifications from the service producer NF, wherein the access token includes the list of alternative notification endpoints; and
sending, to the service producer NF, a subscription request for the notifications, wherein the subscription request includes the received access token, a primary notification endpoint, and binding information usable for selecting an alternative notification endpoint from the list.