Oracle Corporation
METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A UNIFIED INTERFACE CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT INFREQUENT DATA COMMUNICATIONS VIA A NETWORK EXPOSURE FUNCTION

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing a unified interface that is configured to support communication between a user equipment (UE) and application function (AF) via a network exposure function (NEF) are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a NEF from a session management function (SMF), a protocol data unit (PDU) session event change notification message associated with a UE, establishing, by the NEF, a data delivery path between the UE and an application function (AF) via one of a plurality of data delivery planes that traverse the NEF in response to the PDU session event change notification message and processing, by the NEF, messages communicated between the UE and the AF over any of the plurality of data delivery planes using a single unified interface supported by the NEF.