UNIQUE SERVICE IDENTIFIER FOR A MESSAGE PROXY IN A SERVICE BASED ARCHITECTURE

摘要

Inclusion of a message proxy in a service based architecture A method for handling a service discovery request for a service provided by a service based architecture communications network, the method comprising at an entity (100, 200) handling the service discovery request, comprising the steps of: -receiving (S31, S51) the service discovery request from a client requesting a service in the service based architecture communications network in which the service is provided by a plurality of different processing entities (31, 32), the received service discovery request comprising a plurality of service related parameters, -assigning (S32, S52) a service identifier to the service discovery request, the identifier linking the received service discovery request to the plurality of service related parameters, - storing the plurality of service related parameters with the service identifier at the entity handling the service discovery request, -transmitting (S33, S56) a service discovery response to the client in response to the received service discovery request, the service discovery response comprising the service identifier, -receiving (S36, S57) a subsequent request related to the service, the subsequent request comprising the service identifier, -determining the plurality of service related parameters for the subsequent request based on the received service identifier present in the subsequent request and the stored plurality of service related parameters,and -determining (S37, S58) a list of processing entities (31, 32) capable of handling the subsequent request related to the service based on the determined plurality of service related parameters.