Patent ID: 11895735
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. The method of claim 1,
wherein the first message comprises a service discovery message;
wherein the second message comprises a service reply message; and
further comprising:
receiving, from the first network function, a service request message containing the substitute locally-unique label;
identifying the FQDN reference for the combination of the second SEPP and the second network function using the substitute locally-unique label from the service request message as a look-up pointer within the label-to-FQDN mapping data structure;
replacing the substitute locally-unique label in the service request message with the FQDN reference for the combination of the second SEPP and the second network function to generate a modified service request message; and
sending the modified service request message to second SEPP to request service by the second network function.