Patent ID: 11895083
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one processor, and configured to store non-transitory instructions, and in response to being executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
obtain registration information, wherein the registration information indicates that a second network device is configured to provide an address of an instance of at least one application;
receive a first message from a third network device, wherein the first message comprises an identifier of a first application, and the first message is useable to request an address of an instance of the first application;
send a second message to the second network device based on the registration information and the identifier of the first application, wherein the second message comprises the identifier of the first application, and the second message is useable to request the address of the instance of the first application;
receive the address of the instance of the first application from the second network device; and
send the address of the instance of the first application to the third network device.