Title:
MONITORING NETWORK FUNCTIONS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/205145
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
The methods, systems, and computer readable media discussed herein are directed to maintaining status information of network functions (NFs) associated with one or more network function repository functions (NRFs). An NRF, which may be one of a plurality of NRFs belonging to a group of NRFs, maybe queried. The plurality of NRFs may be synchronized to each other, and the group of NRFs may be one of a plurality of groups of NRFs. One or more NFs may be registered with the NRF, and each NRF of the plurality of NRFs may have one or more corresponding NFs registered to it. The NRF may maintain status information of the one or more NFs registered to the NRF. The NRF may collect information associated with querying of NFs by another NF, and send statistical data based on the collected information to a user interface (UI) of an external device to be displayed on the UI.
Inventors:
FAROOQ MUHAMMAD ADNAN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/020997
Publication Date:
April 01, 2021
Filing Date:
March 04, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
T MOBILE USA INC (US)
International Classes:
H04L12/24; H04L12/26
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
FURUKAWA, Shigeharu et al. (US)
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