Patent ID: 9699676
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operation by a network node in a mobile telecommunications network, the method comprising: receiving a request from a requesting node in the mobile telecommunications network to generate a specified type of network statistic corresponding to one or more aspects of operational performance of the mobile telecommunications network; identifying, based on the specified type of network statistic to be generated, which types of information must be collected from which other nodes in the mobile telecommunications network, wherein the mobile telecommunications network includes a plurality of nodes of varying types, and wherein the varying types of nodes collect or have access to varying types of information reflecting the operational performance of the mobile telecommunications network; obtaining collected information by collecting the identified types of information from the identified other nodes in the mobile telecommunications network; generating a network statistic of the specified type, based on processing the collected information; and sending the generated network statistic to the requesting node.