Patent ID: 11882473
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A Radio Access Network, RAN, node, the RAN node comprising:
power supply circuitry configured to supply power to the RAN node; and
processing circuitry configured to:
transmit a data collection request to a network control entity, the data collection request indicating a request to start data collection within a Radio Access Network, RAN;
receive a data collection response from the network control entity, the data collection response indicating whether the RAN can start the data collection procedure; and
in response to the data collection response indicating that the RAN can start the data collection procedure, transmit a data collection configuration message initializing data collection by at least one User Equipment, UE.