Invention Application
- Patent Title: NETWORK FUNCTION SELECTION
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Application No.: US17619285Application Date: 2019-06-17
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Publication No.: US20220303886A1Publication Date: 2022-09-22
- Inventor: Thomas THEIMER , Devaki CHANDRAMOULI
- Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- International Application: PCT/US2019/037461 WO 20190617
- Main IPC: H04W48/18
- IPC: H04W48/18 ; H04W48/14 ; H04W48/16 ; H04W24/08 ; H04W4/50

Abstract:
It is provided a method, comprising querying a network repository function to provide a respective identifier of each of one or more network functions; selecting a selected identifier of the one or more identifiers received in response to the querying; requesting a service from the network function identified by the selected identifier, wherein each of the network functions provides the service and fulfills a condition; the condition comprises at least one of a distance condition related to a distance between the respective network function and a reference point, a performance condition related to a performance of the respective network function, a capacity condition related to a capacity of the respective network function, an operational state condition related to an operational state of the respective network function, and a reliability condition related to a reliability of the respective network function.
Public/Granted literature
- US12262309B2 Network function selection Public/Granted day:2025-03-25
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