Patent ID: 11924294
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for handling a service request in a communication network, wherein the method is performed by a service communication proxy (SCP) node that is configured to operate as an SCP between a first network function (NF) node of a service consumer and a second NF node of a service producer in the communication network, the method comprising:
performing the following in response to receiving from the first NF node a first request for a further NF node to provide a first service requested by the first NF node:
using discovery parameters received from the first NF node, selecting the second NF node as the further NF node to provide the first service,
storing an identifier of the second NF node obtained from a profile of the second NF node, and
initiating transmission towards the second NF node of the first request;

in response to receiving from the second NF node a first response to the first request, obtaining location information of the second NF node from the first response and storing the location information of the second NF node in association with the identifier of the second NF node; and
initiating transmission of the first response towards the first NF node.