Traffic steering enhancements for cellular networks

A method, the method comprising:

• sending a first message to a cellular network, the first message indicating that the user equipment is capable of collecting data for analytics;
• in response to sending the first message, receiving a second message, the second message comprising an indication of a policy to use by the user equipment for collecting the data for analytics;
• based on the second message, collecting the data;
• and
• sending, based on a trigger, the data to the network for processing for the analytics.

A method, the method comprising:

• receiving a first message from a user equipment, the first message indicating that the user equipment is capable of collecting data for analytics;
• in response to the first message, sending a second message, the second message comprising an indication of a policy to use by the user equipment for collecting the data for analytics;
• and
• receiving, based on a trigger, data from the user equipment for processing for the analytics, the data being collected by the user equipment based on the second message.