Patent ID: 11877188
Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method of operating a network repository function (NRF) device, the method comprising:
broadcasting, using at least one processor, a NRF query to a NRF cluster of a core network, the NRF cluster including a plurality of NRF devices located in a public land mobile network (PLMN), the NRF query including network configuration information of the NRF device;
receiving, using the at least one processor, NRF query responses from each NRF device of the NRF cluster, the NRF query responses including network configuration information of the plurality of NRF devices;
determining, using the at least one processor, a status of each NRF device of the NRF cluster based on the network configuration information of the plurality of NRF devices, the determining the status including determining which NRF device of the plurality of NRF devices is a primary NRF device of the NRF cluster;
determining, using the at least one processor, a list of network function (NF) devices registered with the NRF cluster;
receiving, using the at least one processor, a NR query request from a first NF device; and
transmitting, using the at least one processor, a NR query response to the first NF device, the NR query response based on the determined list of NF devices.