Patent ID: 11909587
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a service producer, a request from a consumer to modify an attribute of Managed Object Instance (MOI) for a 3GPP network function (NF); and
if the 3GPP NF comprises a virtualized part and at least one corresponding virtual network function (VNF) instance needs to be updated:
initiating, by the service producer, an interaction with a European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) network function virtualization (NFV) Management and Orchestration (MANO) system to update the at least one corresponding VNF instances;
configuring, by the service producer, the 3GPP NF instance;
modifying, by the service producer, the attributes of the MOI; and
informing, by the service producer, the consumer that the 3GPP NF has been configured successfully.