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Title:
COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/202412
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A communication method and apparatus. The method comprises: a network repository function network element receives a discovery request message from a first network element, the discovery request message comprising a network element type requested to be discovered; the network repository function network element determines a second network element according to the network element type requested to be discovered; the network repository function network element sends the identifier of a first data set, a first token, and the identifier of the second network element to the first network element, wherein the first data set comprises data used for evaluating the status of communication between the second network element and other network elements, and the first token grants, to the first network element, permission to obtain the first data set. By means of the design above, the network repository function network element not only can provide, for the first network element, the identifier of a network element of a network element type requested to be discovered, but also can provide, for the first network element, information required for obtaining a data set, so that the first network element can determine according to the data set whether to access the network element discovered by the present request.

Inventors:
LI LUN (CN)
WU YIZHUANG (CN)
CUI YANG (CN)
LEI AO (CN)
SUN TAORAN (CN)
Application Number:
PCT/CN2023/087420
Publication Date:
October 26, 2023
Filing Date:
April 10, 2023
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Assignee:
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD (CN)
International Classes:
H04W28/02
Domestic Patent References:
WO2020108631A12020-06-04
Foreign References:
CN111757313A2020-10-09
CN113438196A2021-09-24
US20190253894A12019-08-15
Other References:
HUAWEI, HISILICON: "Verification of claims in the token during service access request", 3GPP DRAFT; S3-181205-VERIFICATION OF CLAIMS IN THE TOKEN DURING SERVICE ACCESS REQUEST, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, vol. SA WG3, no. Belgrade (Serbia); 20180416 - 20180420, 9 April 2018 (2018-04-09), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France , XP051438314
HUAWEI, HISILICON, NOKIA, ERICSSON, CHINA MOBILE: "The granularity of NF service discovery", 3GPP DRAFT; 33501_CR0046R2_(REL-15)_S3-181962, 3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP), MOBILE COMPETENCE CENTRE ; 650, ROUTE DES LUCIOLES ; F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS CEDEX ; FRANCE, vol. SA WG3, no. Belgrade (Serbia); 20180416 - 20180420, 1 June 2018 (2018-06-01), Mobile Competence Centre ; 650, route des Lucioles ; F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex ; France , XP051438979
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TDIP & PARTNERS (CN)
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