| CPC H04L 43/028 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 61/2528 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
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1. An operation method of an electronic device capable of communicating with a first core network, a second core network, and a user equipment (UE), the operation method comprising:
provisioning at least one virtual network function (VNF) corresponding to some or all of a plurality of network functions (NFs) included in the first core network;
generating an aggregated VNF register indicator (AVRI) including information about the provisioned at least one VNF;
transmitting the generated AVRI from a virtual security edge protection proxy (V-SEPP) of the electronic device to a security edge protection proxy (SEPP) of the first core network; and
receiving, from the first core network, a registration response indicating that the at least one VNF has been registered in the first core network;
receiving a first packet from the UE and determining a path through which the first packet is to be transmitted, from among a first path between a user plane function (UPF) of the first core network and the electronic device and a second path between a UPF of the second core network and the electronic device; and
transmitting the first packet through the determined path.
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