Selectively merging subscriptions to performance indicator information

A network device, comprising

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable components that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• a requesting component that communicates a request to a controller device, to establish a subscription to an indicator producing device, to receive a first set of performance indicator information corresponding to a network, and
• a receiving component that receives an indication that the subscription was established, wherein the subscription was established based on:
• a result of a comparison by the controller device of the first set of performance indicator information to a second set of performance indicator information of an existing subscription, wherein the result comprises that the first set of performance indicator information corresponds to a superset of the second set of performance indicator information and additional performance indicator information, and
• the existing subscription being canceled.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of radio access network intelligent controller equipment, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• receiving, from an extended application device, a first request for a subscription to receive a first set of performance indicator information of a network, wherein the network equipment is part of the network,
• comparing the first request to a previously enabled subscription to receive a second set of network performance indicator information, resulting in a comparison result, wherein the comparison result comprises information representing that the first set of performance indicator information corresponds to a superset of the second set of performance indicator information and additional performance indicator information, and
• based on the comparison result, communicating a second request to an E2 node device, that cause the E2 node device to perform actions comprising:
• canceling the previously enabled subscription, and
• establishing the subscription in accordance with the first request.