COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC H04L65/40 

FIELD: communication.

SUBSTANCE: communication method contains stages, at which the first message, which relates to a session, and which is sent by the third service sample, is received by means of the first service sample, while the first message contains a target identifier, wherein the target identifier contains an identifier of the third service sample, in case if the third service sample is unavailable, the second service sample, which should provide a service for the session, is determined by means of the first service sample, based on the identifier of the third service sample, and the second message related to the session is sent by means of the first service sample to the second service sample, wherein the first service sample is a network element of a user plane function (UPF), and the second service sample and the third service sample are network elements of a session management function (SMF).

EFFECT: increase in a speed of processing of service samples.

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