US 12,192,074 B2Granted

Data collection method and apparatus, network device, and storage medium

AssigneesChina Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.

InventorsLe Liu, Aihua Li, Bin Wei

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Abstract

Provided are a data collection method and apparatus, network device, and storage medium. The method includes: receiving, by a first network data analytics function (NWDAF), a first message sent by a consumer, the first message is provided for requesting or subscribing to an NWDAF analytics service, wherein the first message includes a first parameter, the first parameter at least including at least one of: an event identifier (ID), a data collection time parameter, or area information; inquiring, by the first NWDAF through a first network device before starting data collection, whether an existing NWDAF is collecting or has already stored data matching the first parameter, and executing, by the first NWDAF, a corresponding data collection strategy according to an inquiry result.

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Dependent claims

A data collection method, comprising:

receiving, by a first network data analytics function (NWDAF), a first message sent by a consumer, wherein the first message is provided for requesting or subscribing to an NWDAF analytics service, the first message comprises a first parameter, the first parameter comprises at least one of:
an event identifier (ID), a data collection time parameter, or area information;
inquiring, by the first NWDAF through a first network device before starting data collection, whether an existing NWDAF is collecting or has already stored data matching the first parameter, and executing, by the first NWDAF, a corresponding data collection strategy according to an inquiry result;
wherein the executing, by the first NWDAF, the corresponding data collection strategy according to the inquiry result comprises:
discovering a data provider through a network repository function (NRF) in case that the first NWDAF does not discover through the first network device, an existing NWDAF which is collecting or has already stored data matching the first parameter;
sending, by the first NWDAF, a second message to the data provider, the second message is provided for requesting or subscribing data, wherein the second message comprises at least the first parameter;
receiving, by the first NWDAF, a success response message which is sent by the data provider and corresponding to the second message;
receiving, by the first NWDAF, data which is sent by the data provider and matching the first parameter.

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A data collection method, comprising:

receiving, by a second network device, a ninth message sent by a first NWDAF, the ninth message is provided for requesting data aggregation, wherein the ninth message comprises at least related information of collected data and analysis report information;
judging, by the second network device based on the related information of data, whether there is matching data being transferred or has been stored, and/or, judging, by the second network device based on the analysis report information, there is matching data analysis result being transferred or has been stored;
discovering a data provider through a network repository function (NRF) in case that the first NWDAF does not discover through the second network device, an existing NWDAF which is collecting or has already stored matching data:
sending, by the second network device, a response message corresponding to the ninth message to the first NWDAF in case that there is matching data being transferred or has been stored, and/or there is matching data analysis result being transferred or has been stored, wherein the response message is provided for informing the first NWDAF that the related information is being transferred or has been stored;
sending, by the second network device, a success response message corresponding to the ninth message to the first NWDAF in case that there is no matching data being transferred or has been stored, and/or, there is no matching data analysis result being transferred or has been stored.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/246,932Filed 28 Sep 2021
Priority: CN 202011057616.429 Sep 2020
Published: US 2023/0370345 A116 Nov 2023
Granted: 7 Jan 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04L 41/14
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: network analysis or design
H04L 43/02
Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks: capturing of monitoring data
H04L 41/042
Network management architectures or arrangements: comprising distributed management centres cooperatively managing the network
H04L 41/34
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: signalling channels for…

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