Patent Publication Number: US-11039332-B2

Title: Performance measurement job control for 5G networks and network slicing

Description:
PRIORITY CLAIM 
     This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/281,160, filed Feb. 21, 2019, which claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/634,000, filed Feb. 22, 2018, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Embodiments pertain to radio access networks (RANs). Some embodiments relate to cellular and wireless local area network (WLAN) networks, including Third Generation Partnership Project Long Term Evolution (3GPP LTE) networks and LTE advanced (LTE-A) networks as well as legacy networks, 4 th  generation (4G) networks and 5 th  generation (5G) networks. Some embodiments relate to management of performance measurement jobs. 
     BACKGROUND 
     The use of 3GPP LTE systems (including LTE and LTE-Advanced systems) has increased due to both an increase in the types of devices user equipment (UEs) using network resources as well as the amount of data and bandwidth being used by various applications, such as video streaming, operating on these UEs. With the vast increase in number and diversity of communication devices, the corresponding network environment, including routers, switches, bridges, gateways, firewalls, and load balancers, has become increasingly complicated, especially with the advent of next generation (NG) systems. 
     To add further complexity to the variety of services provided by the network devices, many physical implementations of the network devices are propriety and may be unable to incorporate new or adjusted physical components to compensate for different network conditions. This has led to the development of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), which may provide a virtualized environment able to provide any network function or service able to be delivered on general purpose computing systems in a data center as software applications called Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). The use of NFV may provide flexibility in configuring network elements, enabling dynamic network optimization and quicker adaptation of new technologies. As 5G systems develop, flexibility in determining performance management of such systems, including lifecycle of performance measurement jobs also is to be developed. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES 
       In the figures, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like numerals may describe similar components in different views. Like numerals having different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. The figures illustrate generally, by way of example, but not by way of limitation, various embodiments discussed in the present document. 
         FIG. 1  illustrates combined communication system in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates a block diagram of a communication device in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 3  illustrates an NFV network management architecture in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 4  illustrates measurement job control services in accordance with some embodiments. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The following description and the drawings sufficiently illustrate specific embodiments to enable those skilled in the art to practice them. Other embodiments may incorporate structural, logical, electrical, process, and other changes. Portions and features of some embodiments may be included in, or substituted for, those of other embodiments. Embodiments set forth in the claims encompass all available equivalents of those claims. 
       FIG. 1  illustrates a combined communication system in accordance with some embodiments. The system  100  includes 3GPP LTE/4G and NG network functions. A network function can be implemented as a discrete network element on a dedicated hardware, as a software instance running on dedicated hardware, or as a virtualized function instantiated on an appropriate platform, e.g., dedicated hardware or a cloud infrastructure. 
     The evolved packet core (EPC) of the LTE/4G network contains protocol and reference points defined for each entity. These core network (CN) entities may include a mobility management entity (MME)  122 , serving gateway (S-GW)  124 , and paging gateway (P-GW)  126 . 
     In the NG network, the control plane and the user plane may be separated, which may permit independent scaling and distribution of the resources of each plane. The UE  102  may be connected to either an access network or random access network (RAN)  110  and/or may be connected to the NG-RAN  130  (gNB) or an Access and Mobility Function (AMF)  142 . The RAN may be an eNB, a gNB or a general non-3GPP access point, such as that for Wi-Fi. The NG core network may contain multiple network functions besides the AMF  112 . The network functions may include a User Plane Function (UPF)  146 , a Session Management Function (SMF)  144 , a Policy Control Function (PCF)  132 , an Application Function (AF)  148 , an Authentication Server Function (AUSF)  152  and User Data Management (UDM)  128 . The various elements are connected by the NG reference points shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     The AMF  142  may provide UE-based authentication, authorization, mobility management, etc. The AMF  142  may be independent of the access technologies. The SMF  144  may be responsible for session management and allocation of IP addresses to the UE  102 . The SMF  144  may also select and control the UPF  146  for data transfer. The SMF  144  may be associated with a single session of the UE  102  or multiple sessions of the UE  102 . This is to say that the UE  102  may have multiple 5G sessions. Different SMFs may be allocated to each session. The use of different SMFs may permit each session to be individually managed. As a consequence, the functionalities of each session may be independent of each other. The UPF  126  may be connected with a data network, with which the UE  102  may communicate, the UE  102  transmitting uplink data to or receiving downlink data from the data network. 
     The AF  148  may provide information on the packet flow to the PCF  132  responsible for policy control to support a desired QoS. The PCF  132  may set mobility and session management policies for the UE  102 . To this end, the PCF  132  may use the packet flow information to determine the appropriate policies for proper operation of the AMF  142  and SMF  144 . The AUSF  152  may store data for UE authentication. The UDM  128  may similarly store the UE subscription data. 
     The gNB  130  may be a standalone gNB or a non-standalone gNB, e.g., operating in Dual Connectivity (DC) mode as a booster controlled by the eNB  110  through an X2 or Xn interface. At least some of functionality of the EPC and the NG CN may be shared (alternatively, separate components may be used for each of the combined component shown). The eNB  110  may be connected with an MME  122  of the EPC through an S1 interface and with a SGW  124  of the EPC  120  through an S1-U interface. The MME  122  may be connected with an HSS  128  through an S6a interface while the UDM is connected to the AMF  142  through the N8 interface. The SGW  124  may connected with the PGW  126  through an S5 interface (control plane PGW-C through S5-C and user plane PGW-U through S5-U). The PGW  126  may serve as an IP anchor for data through the internet. 
     The NG CN, as above, may contain an AMF  142 , SMF  144  and UPF  146 , among others. The eNB  110  and gNB  130  may communicate data with the SGW  124  of the EPC  120  and the UPF  146  of the NG CN. The MME  122  and the AMF  142  may be connected via the N26 interface to provide control information there between, if the N26 interface is supported by the EPC  120 . In some embodiments, when the gNB  130  is a standalone gNB, the 5G CN and the EPC  120  may be connected via the N26 interface. 
       FIG. 2  illustrates a block diagram of a communication device in accordance with some embodiments. The communication device  200  may be a UE such as a specialized computer, a personal or laptop computer (PC), a tablet PC, or a smart phone, dedicated network equipment such as an eNB, a server running software to configure the server to operate as a network device, or any machine capable of executing instructions (sequential or otherwise) that specify actions to be taken by that machine. For example, the communication device  200  may be implemented as one or more of the devices shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     Examples, as described herein, may include, or may operate on, logic or a number of components, modules, or mechanisms. Modules and components are tangible entities (e.g., hardware) capable of performing specified operations and may be configured or arranged in a certain manner. In an example, circuits may be arranged (e.g., internally or with respect to external entities such as other circuits) in a specified manner as a module. In an example, the whole or part of one or more computer systems (e.g., a standalone, client or server computer system) or one or more hardware processors may be configured by firmware or software (e.g., instructions, an application portion, or an application) as a module that operates to perform specified operations. In an example, the software may reside on a machine readable medium. In an example, the software, when executed by the underlying hardware of the module, causes the hardware to perform the specified operations. 
     Accordingly, the term “module” (and “component”) is understood to encompass a tangible entity, be that an entity that is physically constructed, specifically configured (e.g., hardwired), or temporarily (e.g., transitorily) configured (e.g., programmed) to operate in a specified manner or to perform part or all of any operation described herein. Considering examples in which modules are temporarily configured, each of the modules need not be instantiated at any one moment in time. For example, where the modules comprise a general-purpose hardware processor configured using software, the general-purpose hardware processor may be configured as respective different modules at different times. Software may accordingly configure a hardware processor, for example, to constitute a particular module at one instance of time and to constitute a different module at a different instance of time. 
     The communication device  200  may include a hardware processor  202  (e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), a GPU, a hardware processor core, or any combination thereof), a main memory  204  and a static memory  206 , some or all of which may communicate with each other via an interlink (e.g., bus)  208 . The main memory  204  may contain any or all of removable storage and non-removable storage, volatile memory or non-volatile memory. The communication device  200  may further include a display unit  210  such as a video display, an alphanumeric input device  212  (e.g., a keyboard), and a user interface (UI) navigation device  214  (e.g., a mouse). In an example, the display unit  210 , input device  212  and UI navigation device  214  may be a touch screen display. The communication device  200  may additionally include a storage device (e.g., drive unit)  216 , a signal generation device  218  (e.g., a speaker), a network interface device  220 , and one or more sensors, such as a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, compass, accelerometer, or other sensor. The communication device  200  may further include an output controller, such as a serial (e.g., universal serial bus (USB), parallel, or other wired or wireless (e.g., infrared (IR), near field communication (NFC), etc.) connection to communicate or control one or more peripheral devices (e.g., a printer, card reader, etc.). 
     The storage device  216  may include a non-transitory machine readable medium  222  (hereinafter simply referred to as machine readable medium) on which is stored one or more sets of data structures or instructions  224  (e.g., software) embodying or utilized by any one or more of the techniques or functions described herein. The instructions  224  may also reside, completely or at least partially, within the main memory  204 , within static memory  206 , and/or within the hardware processor  202  during execution thereof by the communication device  200 . While the machine readable medium  222  is illustrated as a single medium, the term “machine readable medium” may include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/or associated caches and servers) configured to store the one or more instructions  224 . 
     The term “machine readable medium” may include any medium that is capable of storing, encoding, or carrying instructions for execution by the communication device  200  and that cause the communication device  200  to perform any one or more of the techniques of the present disclosure, or that is capable of storing, encoding or carrying data structures used by or associated with such instructions. Non-limiting machine readable medium examples may include solid-state memories, and optical and magnetic media. Specific examples of machine readable media may include: non-volatile memory, such as semiconductor memory devices (e.g., Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM)) and flash memory devices; magnetic disks, such as internal hard disks and removable disks; magneto-optical disks; Random Access Memory (RAM); and CD-ROM and DVD-ROM disks. 
     The instructions  224  may further be transmitted or received over a communications network using a transmission medium  226  via the network interface device  220  utilizing any one of a number of transfer protocols (e.g., frame relay, internet protocol (IP), transmission control protocol (TCP), user datagram protocol (UDP), hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), etc.). Example communication networks may include a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a packet data network (e.g., the Internet), mobile telephone networks (e.g., cellular networks), Plain Old Telephone (POTS) networks, and wireless data networks. Communications over the networks may include one or more different protocols, such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 family of standards known as Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.16 family of standards known as WiMax, IEEE 802.15.4 family of standards, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) family of standards, a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) family of standards, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, a next generation (NG)/5 th  generation (5G) standards among others. In an example, the network interface device  220  may include one or more physical jacks (e.g., Ethernet, coaxial, or phone jacks) or one or more antennas to connect to the transmission medium  226 . 
       FIG. 3  illustrates an NFV network management architecture in accordance with some embodiments. As illustrated, the NFV network management architecture  300  may include a number of elements (each of which may contain physical and/or virtualized components), including a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI)  310 , Network elements (NEs)  390 , Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)  320 , a Domain Manager (DM)  330 , an Element Manager (EM)  332 , a Network Manager (NM)  342 , and an NFV Management and Orchestration (NFV-MANO)  380 . The NFV-MANO  380 , which may be replaced as indicated herein by multiple NFV-MANO, may comprise a Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM)  370 , a VNF Manager (VNFM)  350 , and a Network Function Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO)  360 . The NM  342  may be contained in an Operations Support System/Business Support System (OSS/BSS)  340 , with the DM  330  and NM  342  forming the 3GPP management system  334 . 
     The NFV network management architecture  300  may be implemented by, for example, a data center comprising one or more servers in the cloud. The NFV network management architecture  300 , in some embodiments, may include one or more physical devices and/or one or more applications hosted on a distributed computing platform, a cloud computing platform, a centralized hardware system, a server, a computing device, and/or an external network-to-network interface device, among others. In some cases, the virtualized resource performance measurement may include, for example, latency, jitter, bandwidth, packet loss, nodal connectivity, compute, network, and/or storage resources, accounting, fault and/or security measurements. In particular, the NEs  390  may comprise physical network functions (PNF) including both hardware such as processors, antennas, amplifiers, transmit and receive chains, as well as software. The VNFs  320  may be instantiated in one or more servers. Each of the VNFs  320 , DM  330  and the NEs  390  may contain an EM  322 ,  332 ,  392 . 
     The NFV Management and Orchestration (NFV-MANO)  380  may manage the NFVI  310 . The NFV-MANO  380  may orchestrate the instantiation of network services, and the allocation of resources used by the VNFs  320 . The NFV-MANO  380  may, along with the OSS/BSS  340 , be used by external entities to deliver various NFV business benefits. The OSS/BSS  340  may include the collection of systems and management applications that a service provider may use to operate their business: management of customers, ordering, products and revenues—for example, payment or account transactions, as well as telecommunications network components and supporting processes including network component configuration, network service provisioning and fault handling. The NFV-MANO  380  may create or terminate a VNF  320 , increase or decrease the VNF capacity, or update or upgrade software and/or configuration of a VNF. The NFV-MANO  380  may include a Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM)  370 , a VNF Manager (VNFM)  350  and a NFV Orchestrator (NFVO)  360 . The NFV-MANO  380  may have access to various data repositories including network services, VNFs available, NFV instances and NFVI resources with which to determine resource allocation. 
     The VIM  370  may control and manage the NFVI resources via Nf-Vi reference points within the infrastructure sub-domain. The VIM  370  may further collect and forward performance measurements and events to the VNFM  350  via Vi-VNFM and to the NFVO  360  via Or-Vi reference points. The NFVO  360  may be responsible for managing new VNFs and other network services, including lifecycle management of different network services, which may include VNF instances, global resource management, validation and authorization of NFVI resource requests and policy management for various network services. The NFVO  360  may coordinate VNFs  320  as part of network services that jointly realize a more complex function, including joint instantiation and configuration, configuring required connections between different VNFs  320 , and managing dynamic changes of the configuration. The NFVO  360  may provide this orchestration through an OS-Ma-NFVO reference point with the NM  342 . The VNFM  350  may orchestrate NFVI resources via the VIM  370  and provide overall coordination and adaptation for configuration and event reporting between the VNFM  350  and the EMs and NM. The former may involve discovering available services, managing virtualized resource availability/allocation/release and providing virtualized resource fault/performance management. The latter may involve lifecycle management that may include instantiating a VNF, scaling and updating the VNF instances, and terminating the network service, releasing the NFVI resources for the service to the NFVI resource pool to be used by other services. 
     The VNFM  350  may be responsible for the lifecycle management of the VNFs  320  via the Ve-VNFM-VNF reference point and may interface to EMs  322 ,  332  through the Ve-VNFM-EM reference point. The VNFM  350  may be assigned the management of a single VNF  320 , or the management of multiple VNFs  320  of the same type or of different types. Thus, although only one VNFM  350  is shown in  FIG. 3 , different VNFMs  350  may be associated with the different VNFs  320  for performance measurement and other responsibilities. The VNFM  350  may provide a number of VNF functionalities, including instantiation (and configuration if required by the VNF deployment template), software update/upgrade, modification, scaling out/in and up/down, collection of NFVI performance measurement results and faults/events information and correlation to VNF instance-related events/faults, healing, termination, lifecycle management change notification, integrity management, and event reporting. 
     The VIM  370  may be responsible for controlling and managing the NFVI compute, storage and network resources, usually within one operator&#39;s Infrastructure Domain. The VIM  370  may be specialized in handling a certain type of NFVI resource (e.g. compute-only, storage-only, networking-only), or may be capable of managing multiple types of NFVI resources. The VIM  370  may, among others, orchestrate the allocation/upgrade/release/reclamation of NFVI resources (including the optimization of such resources usage) and manage the association of the virtualized resources to the physical compute, storage, networking resources, and manage repository inventory-related information of NFVI hardware resources (compute, storage, networking) and software resources (e.g. hypervisors), and discovery of the capabilities and features (e.g. related to usage optimization) of such resources. 
     The NFVI  310  may itself contain various virtualized and non-virtualized resources. These may include a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) that may provide computational abilities (CPU), one or more memories that may provide storage at either block or file-system level and one or more networking elements that may include networks, subnets, ports, addresses, links and forwarding rules to ensure intra- and inter-VNF connectivity. 
     Each VNF  320  may provide a network function that is decoupled from infrastructure resources (computational resources, networking resources, memory) used to provide the network function. Although not shown, the VNFs  320  can be chained with other VNFs  320  and/or other physical network function to realize a network service. The virtualized resources may provide the VNFs  320  with desired resources. Resource allocation in the NFVI  310  may simultaneously meet numerous requirements and constraints, such as low latency or high bandwidth links to other communication endpoints. 
     The VNFs  320 , like the NEs  390  may be managed by one or more EMs  322 ,  332 ,  392 . The EM may provide functions for management of virtual or physical network elements, depending on the instantiation. The EM may manage individual network elements and network elements of a sub-network, which may include relations between the network elements. For example, the EM  322  of a VNF  320  may be responsible for configuration for the network functions provided by a VNF  320 , fault management for the network functions provided by the VNF  320 , accounting for the usage of VNF functions, and collecting performance measurement results for the functions provided by the VNF  320 . 
     The EMs  322 ,  332 ,  392  (whether in a VNF  320  or NE  390 ) may be managed by the NM  342  of the OSS/BSS  340  through Itf-N reference points. The NM  342  may provide functions with the responsibility for the management of a network, mainly as supported by the EM  332  but may also involve direct access to the network elements. The NM  342  may connect and disconnect VNF external interfaces to physical network function interfaces at the request of the NFVO  360 . 
     As above, the various components of the system may be connected through different reference points. The references points between the NFV-MANO  380  and the functional blocks of the system may include an Os-Ma-NFVO between the NM  342  and NFVO  360 , a Ve-VNFM-EM between the EM  322 ,  332  and the VNFM  350 , a Ve-VNFM-VNF between a VNF  320  and the VNFM  350 , a Nf-Vi between the NFVI  310  and the VIM  370 , an Or-VNFM between the NFVO  360  and the VNFM  350 , an Or-Vi between the NFVO  360  and the VIM  370 , and a Vi-VNFM between the VIM  370  and the VNFM  350 . An Or-Vi interface may implement the VNF software image management interface and interfaces for the management of virtualized resources, their catalogue, performance and failure on the Or-Vi reference point. An Or-Vnfm interface may implement a virtualized resource management interface on the Or-Vnfm reference point. A Ve-Vnfm interface may implement a virtualized resource performance/fault management on the Ve-Vnfm reference point. 
     As above, with the advent of 5G networks and disparate devices (such as Machine Type Communication (MTC), enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC) devices) using these networks, network management and network slicing is evolving towards a service based architecture in which virtualization is used. To provide network management and slicing, a number of work items may be developed, including network provisioning and resource management, fault supervision, and performance management (PM) and reporting. 
     Network slicing is a form of virtualization that allows multiple virtual networks to run on top of a common shared physical network infrastructure. Network slicing serves service requirements by providing isolation between network resources, as well as permitting an optimized topology and specific configuration to be developed for each Network Slice Instance (NSI). The different parts of an NSI may be grouped as Network Slice Subnets that allow the lifecycle of a Network Slice Subnet Instance (NSSI) to be managed independently from the lifecycle of an NSI. The NSSIs may be implemented as different core networks, such RAN and 5GC. 
     Lifecycle management of an NSSI may include creation, activation, modification, de-activation and termination of the NSSI. Similar management occurs for NSIs. During creation, for example, resources are allocated and configured to satisfy the NSI or NSSI requirements. During operation, performance measurements generation, collection and reporting may be undertaken. 
     However, while legacy PM Integration Reference Points (IRPs) such as Basic core management (CM) IRP, Bulk CM IRP, Kernel CM IRP, are able to operate for the existing network management architecture, the existing network management architecture is not a service-based architecture. The network management architecture therefore may be unable to be used to provide PM for 5G networks and network slicing. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates measurement job control services in accordance with some embodiments. The services provided by each measurement job control service are shown, which may be performed by one or more of the devices shown in  FIGS. 1-3 . The producer may be for example, in an EM (managing the network functions), or within the controlled NF or a separate element connected with the controlled NF. As illustrated, the network measurement job control service producer consumes an NF measurement job control service to produce the network measurement job control service, the NSSI measurement job control service producer consumes an NF measurement job control service or another NSSI measurement job control service to produce the NSSI measurement job control service, and the NSI measurement job control service producer consumes an NF measurement job control service, and/or NSSI measurement job control service to produce the NSI measurement job control service. The original NSSI measurement job control service producer may send requests for performance measurement jobs to the other NSSI measurement job control service producer(s) and/or NF measurement job control service producer(s), receive the responses about the measurement job creation(s). The original NSSI measurement job control service producer may collect the performance measurements from another NSSI measurement job control service producer(s) and/or NF measurement job control service producer(s), and aggregate the performance measurements (perhaps doing additional processing) to the performance measurements of the original NSSI, and then report performance measurements of the original NSSI to the customer. The NSSI measurement job control service producer may thus do more than merely aggregation of the performance measurements. 
     The performance measurement jobs produced by the various producers may indicate which performance measurements are to be collected, the period of collection and where the performance measurements are to be delivered, among others. The measurements requested may include network measurements such as packet transmission/reception or handover performance (e.g., number of requests and failures/successes) between neighbor cells. The results of the performance measurements may be used, for example to determine KPIs or for network optimization. 
     The following use cases describe the functions of performance measurement job creation for Network Function (NF), NSI, NSSI and network. The performance measurement job creation of the different use cases add that upon receiving the request, the service producer first checks whether the performance measurement jobs to be created for monitoring the NF/NSSI/NSI/network performance already exist and if the performance measurement job exists, the service producer sends a response indicating that the requested performance measurement job can be supported by the existing job; otherwise, a new performance measurement job is created. Similar changes may be added in the post condition to indicate that the requested performance measurement job is supported by the existing job or new job. The performance measurement job control service producer may further request another measurement job control service producer to create measurement job(s) for the constituent NSSI(s)/NF(s). The measurement job control service producer may collect the performance data from the performance data reporting service producer (e.g., performance data file reporting service producer, or performance data streaming service producer) for the NF(s) or constituent NSSI(s)/NF(s), aggregate or calculate (or process) the performance data per the measurement job creation request, and send the performance data report(s) to the consumer. 
     The network discussed herein may be a complete network or a sub-network. 
     Thus, the use cases in TS 28.550 may be provided as: 
     5.1.1.1.1 Creation of Measurement Job for 3GPP NF(s) 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
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     5.1.2.1.2 Creation of Measurement Job for NSSI(s) 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
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                 The authorized consumer needs to create measurement job for 
               
               
                   
                 collecting the performance data of NSSI(s). 
               
               
                 Step 1 (M) 
                 The authorized consumer requests the NSSI measurement job 
               
               
                   
                 control service producer to create an NSSI measurement job to 
               
               
                   
                 collect the performance data of NSSI(s). 
               
               
                   
                 The request needs to indicate that the performance data needs to 
               
               
                   
                 be reported by performance data file or by performance data 
               
               
                   
                 streaming. 
               
               
                 Step 2 (M) 
                 The NSSI measurement job control service producer checks if 
                 Creation 
               
               
                   
                 the requested NSSI measurement job can be supported by the 
                 of 
               
               
                   
                 existing NSSI measurement job(s). 
                 measurement 
               
               
                   
                 If the result is true, the NSSI measurement job control service 
                 job for 
               
               
                   
                 producer responds to the request and indicates that the requested 
                 3GPP NF 
               
               
                   
                 NSSI measurement job is supported by the existing NSSI 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job(s); 
               
               
                   
                 Else, the NSSI measurement job control service producer 
               
               
                   
                 decomposes the performance data type(s) of NSSI(s) into 
               
               
                   
                 performance data type(s) of the constituent NSSI(s) and/or 
               
               
                   
                 3GPP NF(s); and 
               
               
                   
                 The NSSI measurement job control service producer requests 
               
               
                   
                 the corresponding the NSSI measurement job control service 
               
               
                   
                 producer(s) to create the NSSI measurement job(s) for the 
               
               
                   
                 constituent NSSI(s) if any, and/or 
               
               
                   
                 The NSSI measurement job control service producer consumes 
               
               
                   
                 the NF measurement job control service to create the 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job(s) for the constituent 3GPP NF(s) (according 
               
               
                   
                 to the use case “Creation of measurement job for 3GPP NF” as 
               
               
                   
                 described in clause 5.1.1.1.1). 
               
               
                 Ends when 
                 All the steps identified above are successfully completed. 
               
               
                 Exceptions 
                 One of the steps identified above fails. 
               
               
                 Post- 
                 The measurement job for NSSI has been created, and the NSSI 
                 NSSI 
               
               
                 conditions 
                 measurement job control service producer consumes the NSSI 
                 performance 
               
               
                   
                 performance data file reporting service and/or NSSI 
                 data 
               
               
                   
                 performance data streaming service to get the performance data 
                 file 
               
               
                   
                 of the constituent NSSI(s), and/or consumes the NF 
                 reporting; 
               
               
                   
                 performance data file reporting service and/or NF performance 
                 NSSI 
               
               
                   
                 data streaming service to get the performance data of the 
                 performance 
               
               
                   
                 constituent NF(s), and generates the performance data for the 
                 data 
               
               
                   
                 NSSI measurement job; or The requested NSSI measurement 
                 streaming; 
               
               
                   
                 job is not created but supported by the existing NSSI 
                 3GPP NF 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job(s), according to step 2. 
                 performance 
               
               
                   
                   
                 data 
               
               
                   
                   
                 file 
               
               
                   
                   
                 reporting; 
               
               
                   
                   
                 3GPP NF 
               
               
                   
                   
                 performance 
               
               
                   
                   
                 data 
               
               
                   
                   
                 streaming 
               
               
                 Traceability 
                 REQ-MJCS_NSSI-FUN-1, REQ-MJCS_NSSI-FUN-2, REQ- 
               
               
                   
                 MJCS_NSSI-FUN-3, REQ-MJCS_NSSI-FUN-4 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     5.1.3.1.3 Creation of Measurement Job for NSI(s) 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 &lt;&lt;Uses&gt;&gt; 
               
               
                 Use case 
                   
                 Related 
               
               
                 stage 
                 Evolution/Specification 
                 use 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Goal 
                 To enable the authorized consumer to create a measurement job 
                   
               
               
                   
                 for collecting the performance data of NSI(s). 
               
               
                 Actors and 
                 An authorized consumer of NSI measurement job control service. 
               
               
                 Roles 
               
               
                 Telecom 
                 NSI(s); 
               
               
                 resources 
                 NSI measurement job control service producer; 
               
               
                   
                 The set of 
               
               
                   
                 NSSI measurement job control service producer, 
               
               
                   
                 NSSI performance data file reporting service producer and/or 
               
               
                   
                 NSSI performance data streaming service producer; and/or 
               
               
                   
                 The set of 
               
               
                   
                 NF measurement job control service producer, 
               
               
                   
                 NF performance data file reporting service producer and/or NF 
               
               
                   
                 performance data streaming service producer. 
               
               
                 Assumptions 
                 N/A 
               
               
                 Pre- 
                 The NSI(s) have been deployed. 
               
               
                 conditions 
                 The NSI measurement job control service producer is in 
               
               
                   
                 operation. 
               
               
                 Begins when 
                 The authorized consumer needs to create measurement job for 
               
               
                   
                 collecting the performance data of NSI(s). 
               
               
                 Step 1 (M) 
                 The authorized consumer requests the NSI measurement job 
               
               
                   
                 control service producer to create an nsI measurement job to 
               
               
                   
                 collect the performance data of NSI(s). 
               
               
                   
                 The request needs to indicate that the performance data needs to 
               
               
                   
                 be reported by performance data file or by performance data 
               
               
                   
                 streaming. 
               
               
                 Step 2 (M) 
                 The NSI measurement job control service producer checks if the 
                 Creation 
               
               
                   
                 requested NSI measurement job can be supported by the existing 
                 of 
               
               
                   
                 NSI measurement job(s). 
                 measurement 
               
               
                   
                 If the result is true, the NSI measurement job control service 
                 job for 
               
               
                   
                 producer responds to the request and indicates that the requested 
                 NSSI; 
               
               
                   
                 NSI measurement job is supported by the existing NSI 
                 and/or 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job(s); 
                 Creation 
               
               
                   
                 Else, the NSI measurement job control service producer 
                 of 
               
               
                   
                 decomposes the performance data type of NSI(s) into 
                 measurement 
               
               
                   
                 performance data type(s) of the constituent NSSI(s) and/or of 
                 job for 
               
               
                   
                 constituent 3GPP NF(s); and 
                 3GPP NF 
               
               
                   
                 The NSI measurement job control service producer consumes 
               
               
                   
                 the NSSI measurement job control service to create the 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job(s) for the constituent NSSI(s) (according to 
               
               
                   
                 the use case “Creation of measurement job for NSSI(s)” as 
               
               
                   
                 described in clause 5.1.2.1.1), or 
               
               
                   
                 The NSI measurement job control service producer consumes 
               
               
                   
                 the NF measurement job control service to create the 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job(s) for the constituent 3GPP NF(s) (according 
               
               
                   
                 to the use case “Creation of measurement job for 3GPP NF” as 
               
               
                   
                 described in clause 5.1.1.1.1). 
               
               
                 Ends when 
                 All the steps identified above are successfully completed. 
               
               
                 Exceptions 
                 One of the steps identified above fails. 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     5.1.4.1.1 Creation of Measurement Job for 3GPP Network(s) 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Use case 
                   
                 &lt;&lt;Uses&gt;&gt; 
               
               
                 stage 
                 Evolution/Specification 
                 Related use 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Goal 
                 To enable the authorized consumer to create a measurement job 
                   
               
               
                   
                 for collecting the network performance data that are not 
               
               
                   
                 specific to network slicing. 
               
               
                 Actors and 
                 An authorized consumer of Network measurement job control 
               
               
                 Roles 
                 service. 
               
               
                 Telecom 
                 3GPP network(s); 
               
               
                 resources 
                 Network measurement job control service producer; 
               
               
                   
                 NF measurement job control service producer; 
               
               
                   
                 NF performance data file reporting service producer and/or NF 
               
               
                   
                 performance data streaming service producer. 
               
               
                 Assumptions 
                 N/A 
               
               
                 Pre- 
                 The 3GPP network(s) have been deployed; 
               
               
                 conditions 
                 The network measurement job control service producer is in 
               
               
                   
                 operation. 
               
               
                 Begins when 
                 The authorized consumer needs to create a network 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job for collecting the network performance data 
               
               
                   
                 that are not specific to network slicing. 
               
               
                 Step 1 (M) 
                 The authorized consumer requests the network measurement 
               
               
                   
                 job control service producer to create measurement job to 
               
               
                   
                 collect the network performance data that are not specific to 
               
               
                   
                 network slicing. 
               
               
                   
                 The request needs to indicate that the performance data needs 
               
               
                   
                 to be reported by performance data file or by performance data 
               
               
                   
                 streaming. 
               
               
                 Step 2 (M) 
                 The network measurement job control service producer checks 
                 Creation of 
               
               
                   
                 if the requested network measurement job can be supported by 
                 measurement 
               
               
                   
                 the existing network measurement job(s). 
                 job for 3GPP 
               
               
                   
                 If the result is true, the network measurement job control 
                 NF 
               
               
                   
                 service producer responds to the request and indicates that the 
               
               
                   
                 requested network measurement job is supported by the 
               
               
                   
                 existing network measurement job(s); 
               
               
                   
                 Else, the network measurement job control service producer 
               
               
                   
                 decomposes the performance data type of 3GPP network(s) 
               
               
                   
                 into performance data type(s) of the constituent 3GPP NF(s), 
               
               
                   
                 and consumes the NF measurement job control service to 
               
               
                   
                 request creation of the measurement job(s) for the constituent 
               
               
                   
                 3GPP NF(s) (according to the use case “Creation of 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job for 3GPP NF” as described in clause 
               
               
                   
                 5.1.1.1.1). 
               
               
                 Ends when 
                 All the steps identified above are successfully completed. 
               
               
                 Exceptions 
                 One of the steps identified above fails. 
               
               
                 Post- 
                 The measurement job for 3GPP network(s) has been created, 
                 3GPP NF 
               
               
                 conditions 
                 and the network measurement job control service producer 
                 performance 
               
               
                   
                 consumes the NF performance data file reporting service 
                 data file 
               
               
                   
                 and/or NF performance data streaming service to get the 
                 reporting; 
               
               
                   
                 performance data of the constituent NF(s), and generates the 
                 3GPP NF 
               
               
                   
                 performance data for the network measurement job; or 
                 performance 
               
               
                   
                 The requested network measurement job is not created but 
                 data 
               
               
                   
                 supported by the existing network measurement job(s), 
                 streaming 
               
               
                   
                 according to step 2. 
               
               
                 Traceability 
                 REQ-MJCS_NW-FUN-1, REQ-MJCS_NW-FUN-2, REQ- 
               
               
                   
                 MJCS_NW-FUN-3, and REQ-MJCS_NW-FUN-4 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     After performance measurement job creation, the performance measurements are reported to monitor the performance of 3GPP NF, NSSI, NSI and non-slice-specific network by performance data file reporting and performance data streaming services. For performance data file reporting, a service producer may send a notification to a consumer to indicate a measurement data file is ready. The consumer can in response send a request to fetch the performance data file. For performance data streaming, once the performance data are ready, a producer may send the performance data by streaming manner to the consumer. The performance data collection and reporting interval of the performance data streaming are the same, and may be configurable. 
     The following use cases describe the functions of performance measurement job termination for NF, NSI, NSSI and networks. The performance measurement job creation of the different use cases add that upon receiving the request, the service producer first checks whether the performance measurement job is currently serving other consumers, and if so, the service producer sends a response indicating that the performance measurement job is currently serving other consumers and cannot be terminated; otherwise, the performance measurement job is terminated. Similar changes may be added in the post condition to indicate that the requested performance measurement job may or may not be terminated. 
     5.1.1.1.x Termination of Measurement Job for 3GPP NF(s) 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 &lt;&lt;Uses&gt;&gt; 
               
               
                 Use case 
                   
                 Related 
               
               
                 stage 
                 Evolution/Specification 
                 use 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 Goal 
                 To enable the authorized consumer to request the NF measurement 
               
               
                   
                 job control service producer to terminate a NF measurement job. 
               
               
                 Actors and 
                 An authorized consumer of NF measurement job control service. 
               
               
                 Roles 
               
               
                 Telecom 
                 3GPP NF(s) 
               
               
                 resources 
                 NF measurement job control service producer. 
               
               
                 Assumptions 
                 N/A 
               
               
                 Pre- 
                 The NF measurement job has been created. 
               
               
                 conditions 
               
               
                 Begins when 
                 The authorized consumer does not need the NF measurement job 
               
               
                   
                 that is collecting the performance data of 3GPP NF(s). 
               
               
                 Step 1 (M) 
                 The authorized consumer requests the NF measurement job control 
               
               
                   
                 service producer to terminate a measurement job that is collecting 
               
               
                   
                 the performance data of 3GPP NF(s). 
               
               
                 Step 2 (M) 
                 The NF measurement job control service producer checks if the NF 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job is currently serving other consumers. 
               
               
                   
                 If the result is true, the NF measurement job control service 
               
               
                   
                 producer does not terminate the NF measurement job, but responds 
               
               
                   
                 to the request and indicates that NF measurement job is serving 
               
               
                   
                 other consumers; 
               
               
                   
                 Else, the NF measurement job control service producer requests the 
               
               
                   
                 NF(s) to terminate the measurement job, and acknowledges to the 
               
               
                   
                 subject consumer about successful termination of the NF 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job. 
               
               
                 Ends when 
                 All the steps identified above are successfully completed. 
               
               
                 Exceptions 
                 One of the steps identified above fails. 
               
               
                 Post- 
                 The NF measurement job is terminated, or still retained to serve 
               
               
                 conditions 
                 other consumers according to step 2. 
               
               
                 Traceability 
                 REQ-MJCS_NF-FUN-x and REQ-MJCS_NF-FUN-y 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     5.1.2.1.x Termination of Measurement Job for NSSI(s) 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Use case 
                   
                 &lt;&lt;Uses&gt;&gt; 
               
               
                 stage 
                 Evolution/Specification 
                 Related use 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Goal 
                 To enable the authorized consumer to request the NSSI 
                   
               
               
                   
                 measurement job control service producer to terminate an NSSI 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job. 
               
               
                 Actors and 
                 An authorized consumer of NSSI measurement job control service. 
               
               
                 Roles 
               
               
                 Telecom 
                 NSSI(s) 
               
               
                 resources 
                 NSSI measurement job control service producer. 
               
               
                   
                 NF measurement job control service producer 
               
               
                 Assumptions 
                 N/A 
               
               
                 Pre- 
                 The NSSI measurement job has been created. 
               
               
                 conditions 
               
               
                 Begins when 
                 The authorized consumer does not need the NSSI measurement job. 
               
               
                 Step 1 (M) 
                 The authorized consumer requests the NSSI measurement job 
               
               
                   
                 control service producer to terminate a measurement job that is 
               
               
                   
                 collecting the performance data of NSSI(s). 
               
               
                 Step 2 (M) 
                 The NSSI measurement job control service producer checks if the 
                 Termination 
               
               
                   
                 NSSI measurement job is currently serving other consumers. 
                 of 
               
               
                   
                 If the result is true, the NSSI measurement job control service 
                 measurement 
               
               
                   
                 producer does not terminate the NSSI measurement job, but 
                 job for 3GPP 
               
               
                   
                 responds to the request and indicates that NSSI measurement job is 
                 NF(s) 
               
               
                   
                 serving other consumers; 
               
               
                   
                 Else, the NSSI measurement job control service producer 
               
               
                   
                 terminates the NSSI measurement job, and acknowledges to the 
               
               
                   
                 subject consumer about termination; and 
               
               
                   
                 The NSSI measurement job control service producer requests the 
               
               
                   
                 corresponding NSSI measurement job control service producer(s) to 
               
               
                   
                 terminate the the measurement job(s) of the constituent NSSI(s) if 
               
               
                   
                 any, and 
               
               
                   
                 The NSSI measurement job control service producer consumes 
               
               
                   
                 the NF measurement job control service to request termination of 
               
               
                   
                 the measurement job(s) of the constituent 3GPP NF(s) if any 
               
               
                   
                 (according to the use case “Termination of measurement job for 
               
               
                   
                 3GPP NF(s)” as described in clause 5.1.1.1.x). 
               
               
                 Ends when 
                 All the steps identified above are successfully completed. 
               
               
                 Exceptions 
                 One of the steps identified above fails. 
               
               
                 Post- 
                 The NSSI measurement job is terminated, or still retained to serve 
               
               
                 conditions 
                 other consumers according to step 2. 
               
               
                 Traceability 
                 REQ-MJCS_NSSI-FUN-x and REQ-MJCS_NSSI-FUN-y 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     5.1.3.1.x Termination of Measurement Job for NSI(s) 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Use case 
                   
                 &lt;&lt;Uses&gt;&gt; 
               
               
                 stage 
                 Evolution/Specification 
                 Related use 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Goal 
                 To enable the authorized consumer to request the NSI measurement 
                   
               
               
                   
                 job control service producer to terminate an nsI measurement job. 
               
               
                 Actors and 
                 An authorized consumer of NSI measurement job control service. 
               
               
                 Roles 
               
               
                 Telecom 
                 NSI(s); 
               
               
                 resources 
                 NSI measurement job control service producer; 
               
               
                   
                 NSSI measurement job control service producer; 
               
               
                   
                 NF measurement job control service producer. 
               
               
                 Assumptions 
                 N/A 
               
               
                 Pre- 
                 The NSI measurement job has been created. 
               
               
                 conditions 
               
               
                 Begins when 
                 The authorized consumer does not need the NSI measurement job. 
               
               
                 Step 1 (M) 
                 The authorized consumer requests the NSI measurement job control 
               
               
                   
                 service producer to terminate an nsI measurement job that is 
               
               
                   
                 collecting the performance data of NSI(s). 
               
               
                 Step 2 (M) 
                 The NSI measurement job control service producer checks if the 
                 Termination 
               
               
                   
                 NSI measurement job is currently serving other consumers. 
                 of 
               
               
                   
                 If the result is true, the NSI measurement job control service 
                 measurement 
               
               
                   
                 producer does not terminate the NSI measurement job, but responds 
                 job for 
               
               
                   
                 to the request and indicates that NSI measurement job is serving 
                 NSSI(s); 
               
               
                   
                 other consumers; 
                 Termination 
               
               
                   
                 Else, the NSI measurement job control service producer terminates 
                 of 
               
               
                   
                 the NSI measurement job, and acknowledges to the subject 
                 measurement 
               
               
                   
                 consumer about termination; and 
                 job for 3GPP 
               
               
                   
                 The NSI measurement job control service producer consumes the 
                 NF(s) 
               
               
                   
                 NSSI measurement job control service to request termination of the 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job(s) of the constituent NSSI(s) if any (according to 
               
               
                   
                 the use case “Termination of measurement job for NSSI(s)” as 
               
               
                   
                 described in clause 5.1.2.1.x), and 
               
               
                   
                 The NSI measurement job control service producer consumes the 
               
               
                   
                 NF measurement job control service to request termination of the 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job(s) of the constituent 3GPP NF(s) if any (according 
               
               
                   
                 to the use case “Termination of measurement job for 3GPP NF(s)” 
               
               
                   
                 as described in clause 5.1.1.1.x). 
               
               
                 Ends when 
                 All the steps identified above are successfully completed. 
               
               
                 Exceptions 
                 One of the steps identified above fails. 
               
               
                 Post- 
                 The NSI measurement job is terminated, or still retained to serve 
               
               
                 conditions 
                 other consumers according to step 2. 
               
               
                 Traceability 
                 REQ-MJCS_NSI-FUN-x and REQ-MJCS_NSI-FUN-y 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     5.1.4.1.x Termination of Measurement Job for 3GPP Network(s) 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 Use case 
                   
                 &lt;&lt;Uses&gt;&gt; 
               
               
                 stage 
                 Evolution/Specification 
                 Related use 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Goal 
                 To enable the authorized consumer to request the network 
                   
               
               
                   
                 measurement job control service producer to terminate a 
               
               
                   
                 network measurement job. 
               
               
                 Actors and 
                 An authorized consumer of network measurement job control 
               
               
                 Roles 
                 service. 
               
               
                 Telecom 
                 NSSI(s); 
               
               
                 resources 
                 Network measurement job control service producer; 
               
               
                   
                 NF measurement job control service producer. 
               
               
                 Assumptions 
                 N/A 
               
               
                 Pre- 
                 The network measurement job has been created. 
               
               
                 conditions 
               
               
                 Begins when 
                 The authorized consumer does not need the network 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job. 
               
               
                 Step 1 (M) 
                 The authorized consumer requests the network measurement job 
               
               
                   
                 control service producer to terminate a network measurement 
               
               
                   
                 job that is collecting the performance data of network(s). 
               
               
                 Step 2 (M) 
                 The network measurement job control service producer checks if 
                 Termination 
               
               
                   
                 the network measurement job is currently serving other 
                 of 
               
               
                   
                 consumers. 
                 measurement 
               
               
                   
                 If the result is true, the network measurement job control service 
                 job for 3GPP 
               
               
                   
                 producer does not terminate the network measurement job, but 
                 NF(s) 
               
               
                   
                 responds to the request and indicates that network measurement 
               
               
                   
                 job is serving other consumers; 
               
               
                   
                 Else, the network measurement job control service producer 
               
               
                   
                 terminates the network measurement job, and acknowledges to 
               
               
                   
                 the subject consumer about termination, and consumes the NF 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job control service to request termination of the 
               
               
                   
                 measurement job(s) of the constituent 3GPP NF(s) (according to 
               
               
                   
                 the use case “Termination of measurement job for 3GPP NF(s)” 
               
               
                   
                 as described in clause 5.1.1.1.x). 
               
               
                 Ends when 
                 All the steps identified above are successfully completed. 
               
               
                 Exceptions 
                 One of the steps identified above fails. 
               
               
                 Post- 
                 The network measurement job is terminated, or still retained to 
               
               
                 conditions 
                 serve other consumers according to step 2. 
               
               
                 Traceability 
                 REQ-MJCS_NW-FUN-x and REQ-MJCS_NW-FUN-y 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     REQ-MJCS_NF-FUN-3 The NF measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to create a measurement job at 3GPP NF(s). 
     REQ-MJCS_NSSI-FUN-4 The NSSI measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to create a measurement job for NSSI(s). 
     REQ-MJCS_NSI-FUN-4 The NSSI measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to create a measurement job for NSI(s). 
     REQ-MJCS_NW-FUN-4 The network measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to create a measurement job for 3GPP network(s). 
     REQ-MJCS_NF-FUN-x The NF measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to terminate a measurement job at 3GPP NF(s). 
     REQ-MJCS_NF-FUN-y The NF measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to allow its authorized consumer to request termination of a NF measurement job. 
     REQ-MJCS_NSSI-FUN-x The NSSI measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to terminate an NSSI measurement job. 
     REQ-MJCS_NSSI-FUN-y The NSSI measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to allow its authorized consumer to request termination of an NSSI measurement job. 
     REQ-MJCS_NSI-FUN-x The NSI measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to terminate an nsI measurement job. 
     REQ-MJCS_NSI-FUN-y The NSI measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to allow its authorized consumer to request termination of an nsI measurement job. 
     REQ-MJCS_NW-FUN-x The network measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to terminate an nsI measurement job. 
     REQ-MJCS_NW-FUN-y The network measurement job control service producer shall have the capability to allow its authorized consumer to request termination of a network measurement job. 
     In various embodiments, the measurement job control service producer may be configured to receive, from an authorized consumer, a request to consume a measurement job control service, analyze the request, take appropriate action to satisfy the request and respond to the authorized consumer about the result of the request. The request may be to create a measurement job to collect the performance data for a NF, NSSI, NSI, or network. 
     To create a measurement job for the NF, the NF measurement job control service producer may be configured to check if the requested measurement job can be supported by an existing NF measurement job(s) and create the NF measurement job(s) if no measurement job exists to support the requested measurement job, and respond to the consumer that the requested job can be supported by existing job(s) if the job(s) exist. 
     To create a measurement job for NSSI, the NSSI measurement job control service producer may be configured to check if the requested measurement job can be supported by an existing NSSI measurement job(s), and if the measurement job exists, respond to the consumer that the requested job can be supported by the existing job(s). If no measurement job exists to support the requested measurement job, the NSSI measurement job control service producer may be configured to decompose the NSSI performance data types into the data type of constituent NSSI(s) and/or 3GPP NF, request the NSSI measurement job control service producer to create measurement job(s) for the constituent NSSI(s), consume the NF measurement job control service producer to create NF measurement job(s) and respond to the consumer that the requested job(s) have been created. 
     To create a measurement job for NSI, the NSI measurement job control service producer may be configured to check if the requested measurement job can be supported by an existing NSI measurement job(s) and if the measurement job exists, respond to the consumer that the requested job can be supported by the existing job(s). If no measurement job exists to support the requested measurement job, the NSI measurement job control service producer may be configured to decompose the NSI performance data types into the data type of constituent NSSI(s) and/or 3GPP NF, consume the NSSI measurement job control service producer to create measurement job(s) for the constituent NSSI(s), consume the NF measurement job control service producer to create NF measurement job(s); and respond to the consumer that the requested job(s) have been created. 
     To create a measurement job for a network, the network measurement job control service producer may be configured to check if the requested measurement job can be supported by an existing network measurement job(s), and if the measurement job exists, respond to the consumer that the requested job can be supported by the existing job(s). If no measurement job exists to support the requested measurement job, the network measurement job control service producer may be configured to: decompose the network performance data types into the data type of 3GPP NF(s), consume the NF measurement job control service producer to create an NF measurement job(s) and respond to the consumer that the requested job(s) have been created. 
     On the other hand, the request may be to terminate a measurement job to stop collecting the performance data for a NF, NSSI, NSI, or network. To terminate a measurement job for a NF, the NF measurement job control service producer may be configured to: check if the requested measurement job is serving other consumers, terminate the NF measurement job(s) if other consumers are not being serviced, and respond to the consumer that the requested job is currently serving other consumers. 
     To terminate a measurement job for a NSSI, the NSSI measurement job control service producer may be configured to: check if the requested measurement job is serving other consumers and respond to the consumer that the requested job is currently serving other consumers. If the measurement job is not serving other consumers, then the NSSI measurement job control service producer may be configured to: decompose the NSSI performance data types into the data type of the constituent NSSI(s) and/or 3GPP NF, request the NSSI measurement job control service producer to terminate the measurement job(s) for the constituent NSSI(s), consume the NF measurement job control service producer to terminate NF measurement job(s) and respond to the consumer that the requested job(s) have been terminated. 
     To terminate a measurement job for an NSI, the NSI measurement job control service producer may be configured to: check if the requested measurement job is serving other consumers and respond to the consumer that the requested job is currently serving other consumers. If the measurement job is not serving other consumers, then the NSI measurement job control service producer may be configured to: decompose the NSI performance data types into the data type of the constituent NSSI(s) and/or 3GPP NF, consume the NSSI measurement job control service producer to terminate the measurement job(s) for the constituent NSSI(s) consume the NF measurement job control service producer to terminate the NF measurement job(s) and respond to the consumer that the requested job(s) have been terminated. 
     To terminate a measurement job for a network, the network measurement job control service producer may be configured to: check if the requested measurement job is serving other consumers and respond to the consumer that the requested job is currently serving other consumers. If the measurement job is not serving other consumers, then the network measurement job control service producer may be configured to: decompose the network performance data types into the data type of the 3GPP NF(s), consume the NF measurement job control service producer to terminate the NF measurement job(s) and respond to the consumer that the requested job(s) have been terminated. 
     Although an embodiment has been described with reference to specific example embodiments, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The accompanying drawings that form a part hereof show, by way of illustration, and not of limitation, specific embodiments in which the subject matter may be practiced. The embodiments illustrated are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the teachings disclosed herein. Other embodiments may be utilized and derived therefrom, such that structural and logical substitutions and changes may be made without departing from the scope of this disclosure. This Detailed Description, therefore, is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of various embodiments is defined only by the appended claims, along with the full range of equivalents to which such claims are entitled. 
     The Abstract of the Disclosure is provided to comply with 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b), requiring an abstract that will allow the reader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. In addition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, it can be seen that various features are grouped together in a single embodiment for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed embodiments require more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive subject matter lies in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment.