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

Claim 10:
11. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor coupled to one or more memories; and
the one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing program instructions for execution by the at least one processor to:
send a first message to a data mapping processing function module, wherein the first message comprises identification information of a collector, a data type supported by the collector, a coding mode supported by the collector, and an address of the collector;
receive data description information; and
send 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, wherein the collector is configured to support a data type and 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.