B.1 vsmf-support-ind

NRF supports vsmf-support-ind attribute in the NF Discover service operation query as per the 3GPP standards. For more information about the attribute, see NRF Compliance Matrix.

The discovery query is processed as follows:

• If vsmf-support-ind attribute is present in the NFDiscover query and the value of targetNfType is other than SMF, NRF does not reject the discovery query. In this case, NF profiles are not returned.
• When the requester-feature attribute is present or its value does not have any impact on the processing of vsmf-support-ind in the discovery query.
• When SMF profile contains SMFInfoList attribute and if one of the SMFInfo element in it doesn’t have vsmf-support-ind, then NRF can consider such SMF profile as “V-SMF Capability Support of the SMF is not specified”.