US 12,425,301 B2
Handling an updated network function profile
Maria Cruz Bartolome Rodrigo, Torremocha de Jarama Madrid (ES); Xinyu Zhang, Shanghai (CN); and Yunjie Lu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/690,438
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/077305
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/052596, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0007778 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 41/082 (2022.01); H04L 67/303 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/082 (2013.01) [H04L 67/303 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for handling an updated profile of a first network function (NF) node of a service producer in a network, wherein the method is performed by a network repository function (NRF) node, the method comprising:
removing priority information for the first NF node from the updated profile received from the first NF node if the NRF node previously changed the priority information, wherein the priority information is for use by a network node in selecting an NF node of a service producer to provide a service requested by a second NF node of a service consumer and the priority information is indicative of a priority with which the first NF node is to be selected relative to at least one other NF node of the service producer; and
initiating transmission of the updated profile, with the priority information removed, towards the network node.