Patent ID: 11632667

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of managing analytics data in a telecommunication network is provided. The method includes a consumer Network Function, (NF), determines how analytics data from a plurality of individual sources is collected and analyzed in one of a) a distributed manner from a plurality of Network Data Analytics Functions (NWDAF), b) a centralized manner by aggregating analytics data from the plurality of NWDAFs, before analyzing it at an Aggregator NWDAF, or c) a mixture of a) and b) above.