Apparatus and method for data preparation analytics, preprocessing and control in a wireless communications network

A first network function (NF) for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and operable to cause the first NF to:
• receive, from a second NF, a data preparation request comprising a set of attributes, wherein the set of attributes comprises one or more of an identifier for an analytics service to consume prepared data, an identifier for an artificial intelligence (AI) model or an identifier for a machine learning (ML) model to use the prepared data;
• and
• process, based at least in part on the data preparation request, a data set to generate the prepared data.

A second network function (NF) for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and operable to cause the second NF to:
• transmit, to a first NF, a data preparation request comprising a set of attributes, wherein the set of attributes comprise one or more of an identifier for an analytics service to consume prepared data, an identifier for an artificial intelligence (AI) model or an identifier for a machine learning (ML) model to use the prepared data;
• and
• receive, from the first NF, the prepared data, wherein the prepared data is based at least in part on the data preparation request.