Aggregation platform, requirement owner, and methods thereof

A requirement owner for a communication system, the requirement owner configured to:

• transmit a request to an aggregation platform, wherein the transmitted request comprises a request for an aggregation platform data model (APDM);
• receive an APDM from the aggregation platform in response to the transmission of the request, wherein the received APDM comprises at least one relationship between at least one model and at least one associated model repository;
• generate an aggregation requirement (AR) based on the received APDM, wherein the generated AR comprises at least one a model identifier and at least one associated model repository identifier;
• and
• transmit the generated AR to the aggregation platform.

A method for an aggregation platform, the method comprising:

• receiving a request from a requirement owner, wherein the received request comprises a request for an aggregation platform data model (APDM);
• determining an APDM based on the received request, wherein the determined APDM comprises at least one relationship between at least one model and at least one associated model repository;
• transmitting the determined APDM to the requirement owner;
• receiving (208) an aggregation requirement (AR) from the requirement owner, wherein the received AR comprises at least one model identifier and at least one associated model repository identifier;
• and
• generating a deployment template (DP) based on the received AR.