| CPC H04L 65/1016 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1033 (2013.01); H04L 65/1046 (2013.01); H04L 65/1063 (2013.01); H04L 65/1106 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05)] | 20 Claims | 

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               1. A method comprising: 
            establishing an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem instance; 
                aggregating, within the Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem instance, multiple distinct cloud native functions that are associated with the Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem instance such that the multiple distinct cloud native functions communicate through a single Internet Protocol address; and 
                directing outbound communications from the multiple distinct cloud native functions associated with the Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem instance through the single Internet Protocol address; 
                wherein: 
                the multiple distinct cloud native functions are effectively integrated as a single cloud native function executing as a process. 
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