US 12,170,604 B2
Network repository function overload protection
Sudeep Kumar Pandey, Acton, MA (US); Rohit Jain, Bothell, WA (US); Ravikant Matwar Prasad Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Sujin Kumar Anagani, Morrisville, NC (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc.
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/361,820.
Application 18/361,820 is a continuation of application No. 17/826,657, filed on May 27, 2022, granted, now 11,765,064.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039823 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 43/16 (2022.01); H04L 43/0817 (2022.01); H04L 43/0882 (2022.01); H04L 43/10 (2022.01); H04L 47/125 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/16 (2013.01) [H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04L 43/0882 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a first Network Repository Function (NRF) of two or more NRFs, a load metric;
comparing the load metric to a threshold;
when the load metric is above the threshold, deregistering from the first NRF;
receiving an updated load metric from the first NRF;
comparing the updated load metric to the threshold; and
when the updated load metric is below the threshold, reregistering with the first NRF.