We Claim:
1. A method for handling Non-IP Data Delivery (NIDD) configuration data,
the method comprising:
5 receiving, by a receiver unit at a Network Exposure Function (NEF) node,
a request for creation of the NIDD configuration data along with a Network
Exposure Function Identity (NEF-ID), from Application Function (AF) node;
transmitting, by a transmitter unit from the NEF node, the request to a
Unified Data Manager (UDM) node along with the NEF-ID for authorization of
10 Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) of a user
equipment (UE);
receiving, by the receiver unit at the NEF node, an authorisation response
from the UDM node, wherein the authorisation response comprises at least a NIDD
Configuration ID;
15 transmitting, by the transmitter unit from the NEF node over an interface,
the request to a Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) node along with the
NIDD Configuration ID for the creation of the NIDD configuration data;
transmitting, by the transmitter unit from the SCEF node to a Home
Subscriber Service (HSS) node, a request for Home Subscriber Service (HSS)
20 authorization;
receiving, by the receiver unit at the SCEF node from the HSS node, a
response to the request transmitted to the HSS node for the HSS authorization;
receiving, by the receiver unit at the NEF node from the SCEF node, a target
response in response to the request transmitted to the SCEF node for the creation of
25 NIDD configuration data; and
transmitting, by the transmitter unit from the NEF node to the AF node, a
response to the request for creation of the NIDD configuration data, based on the
target response.
30 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interface is an NeSc
interface.
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3. The method as claimed in claim 2, the method comprises:
receiving, by the receiver unit at the NEF node, one or more of delete
requests related to the NIDD configuration data and update requests related to the
NIDD configurati