CPC H04L 67/306 (2013.01) [H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/55 (2022.05)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method, performed by a repository network entity within a telecommunications network, for providing notifications for a subscription to monitor changes of a Network Function, NF, profile of a monitored network entity where the NF profile comprises a set of attributes, the method comprising:
receiving, from a subscribing network entity, a subscription request to subscribe to monitor changes to the attributes of a NF profile of the monitored network entity, the subscription request comprising a notification preference that identifies a subset of the attributes in the NF profile to be excluded from monitoring as not being of interest to the subscribing network entity while the other attributes in the NF profile are of interest to the subscribing network entity; and
providing, to the subscribing network entity, notifications of changes to the attributes of the NF profile of the monitored network entity when any attribute of interest to the subscribing network entity has changed.
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