Patent ID: 11937168
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A method implemented at an available second network function (NF), comprising:
receiving at least one address or address range of at least one user equipment (UE) corresponding to at least one of one or more data network connections or sessions and a respective priority metric of the at least one address or address range from a first NF, wherein the second NF maintains the one or more data network connections or sessions established between one or more UEs and one or more data networks;
notifying the at least one address or address range and the respective priority metric to the one or more data networks;
the respective priority metric being associated with a valid time, and
responsive to the valid time expiring, applying a predefined priority metric to the at least one address or address range, the respective priority metric having a higher priority than a priority of the predefined priority metric, the higher priority indicating a shorter path toward the at least one address or address range.