Systems and methods to enable representative user equipment sampling for user equipment-related analytics services

A method, comprising:

• receiving a request for analytics information from a service consumer, the request comprising an indication of at least one user equipment for which the analytics information is requested;
• transmitting a subscription request, to a data collection node or one or more network functions managing the at least one user equipment, wherein the subscription request comprises event reporting information comprising a sampling ratio and a partition criteria parameter;
• and
• receiving an event notification, from a messaging framework or the network functions, regarding the analytics information for the at least one user equipment.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory comprising computer program code,
• the at least one memory and computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to perform:
• receiving a data request comprising a sampling ratio and a partition criteria parameter indicating how to group at least one user equipment;
• grouping the at least one user equipment to create sub-populations of user equipment based on the partition criteria;
• selecting, from each of the sub-populations of user equipment, a subset of user equipment by sampling randomly from each of the sub-populations according to the sampling ratio;
• and
• when an event trigger occurs, transmitting one or more event notifications regarding the at least one user equipment selected to a messaging framework or network function.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory comprising computer program code,
• the at least one memory and computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to perform:
• receiving a request for analytics information from a service consumer, the request comprising an indication of at least one user equipment for which the analytics information is requested;
• transmitting a subscription request, to a data collection node or one or more network functions managing the at least one user equipment, wherein the subscription request comprises event reporting information comprising a sampling ratio and a partition criteria parameter;
• and
• receiving an event notification, from a messaging framework or the network functions, regarding the analytics information for the at least one user equipment.

A computer readable medium comprising program instructions stored thereon for performing at least a method comprising:

• receiving a data request comprising a sampling ratio and a partition criteria parameter indicating how to group at least one user equipment;
• grouping the at least one user equipment to create sub-populations of user equipment based on the partition criteria;
• selecting, from each of the sub-populations of user equipment, a subset of user equipment by sampling randomly from each of the sub-populations according to the sampling ratio;
• and
• when an event trigger occurs, transmitting one or more event notifications regarding the at least one user equipment selected to a messaging framework or network function.