Patent ID: 11902445
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
assembling, by the NF consumer, the service request based on a discovery response from an NRF;
generating, by the NF consumer, the digitally signed service request object, based on the service request;
sending, by the NF consumer and to the NRF, the service request with the digitally signed service request object;
receiving, by the NF consumer and from the NRF, the authorization token with the digitally signed service request object; and
forwarding, by the NF consumer, the service request with the authorization token and the digitally signed service request object to a Services Communications Proxy (SCP).