US 12,445,354 B2
Deploying network functions of a network slice
Xavier Peuziat, Grenoble (FR)
Assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/993,148.
Claims priority of application No. 223062647 (EP), filed on Aug. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073092 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/122 (2022.01); H04L 41/5051 (2022.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/0893 (2013.01) [H04L 41/122 (2022.05); H04L 41/5051 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
registering a set of Network Function (NF) instances of a network slice, each NF instance of the set of NF instances having a status indicator set to DEPLOYING, at a Network Function Repository Function (NRF);
determining that:
a first NF instance of the set of NF instances is waiting to be deployed; and
deployment of the first NF instance is dependent on a second NF instance of the NF instances that is pending deployment;
responsive to the determination, updating the status indicator of the first NF instance from DEPLOYING to WAIT_REGISTERING to indicate to other NF instances of the set of NF instances that the first NF instance is waiting for deployment of the second NF instance before deploying;
subscribing, the first NF instance to the NRF to be notified of a change in the status indicator of the second NF instance; and
responsive to being notified of a specific change in the status indicator, updating the status indicator of the first NF instance from WAIT_REGISTERING to REGISTERED such that the first NF instance is discoverable by other NF instances of the set of NF instances.