Patent ID: 11968273
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method in a network repository function (NRF) for providing a service discovery service to a network function (NF) instance, the method comprising:
the NRF receiving a discover request transmitted by the NF instance, wherein the discover request comprises a set of one or more query parameters; and
the NRF transmitting, based on a search criteria based on query parameters included in the discover request, a discover response that comprises an array of NF instance profiles that match the search criteria, wherein
the method further comprises the NRF determining the total number of NF instance profiles that match the search criteria, and
the discover response further comprises information indicating that the total number of NF instance profiles that match the search criteria is higher than the number of NF instance profiles included in the array of NF instance profiles.