Patent ID: 11889409
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program comprising instructions which, when executed on at least one processor, cause said at least one processor to carry out a method of operating a Network Gateway Service (NGS) in a Service Based Architecture (SBA) domain, deployed in a core network of a telecommunications system, the method comprising:
said NGS handling operational messages with 3GPP communication entities of said telecommunications system external of said SBA domain in accordance with communication interface protocols of said telecommunications system; and
said NGS further handling service messages in said SBA domain with at least one of an Access and Mobility Function (AMF) and a Session Management Function (SMF) of said SBA domain, wherein
the NGS is separate from the AMF and the SMF,
said 3GPP communication entities at least comprise a Radio Access Network (RAN) and a User Equipment (UE) operatively connected to said RAN,
said operational message handling with said RAN is provided in accordance with core network control plane interface N2 functionality, and
said operational message handling with said UE is provided in accordance with core network control plane interface N1 functionality.