Patent ID: 11894995
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 4:
5. A data processing method, comprising:
sending, by a collector, a first message to a data mapping processing function module, wherein the first message comprises identification information of the collector, a data type supported by the collector, a coding mode supported by the collector, and an address of the collector;
receiving, by the collector, data description information; and
sending, by the collector, the data description information and reported data to the data mapping processing function module, wherein the data description information comprises at least one of a vendor name, network element version information, a data type supported by a network management system, or a coding mode supported by the network management system;
wherein the collector is determined, based on a locally stored context of each collector and a second message, to support a data type and a coding mode in the second message received by the data mapping processing function module, wherein the second message indicates a data collection requirement, and wherein a third message is sent by the data mapping processing function module to a software defined network controller (SDNC) to indicate information about the collector that meets a data collection requirement.