Management Data Collector for Coordinated 5G Network Access

The patent introduces a management data collector as an intermediary component that sits between consumer entities and multiple data bus implementations. This collector receives data access requests, determines the appropriate data bus implementation to query, and returns results to consumers. This mediator pattern allows the system to support multiple data bus APIs without requiring each consumer to handle the complexity of multiple implementations, thus maintaining data access flexibility while reducing system complexity.

The management data collector implements a feedback mechanism where it tracks which consumer entities have requested which management data from which data bus implementations. When a new data access request arrives, the collector checks its records to determine if the same data is already being provided to another consumer from the same or a different data bus. This feedback allows the system to coordinate data access across multiple sites, providing data availability to multiple consumers while avoiding unnecessary data duplication and storage costs by identifying opportunities to share data resources.

The patent merges multiple independent data requests into coordinated processing operations. The management data collector receives requests from multiple consumer entities, identifies when multiple consumers are requesting the same or overlapping management data, and consolidates these requests into a single coordinated data retrieval operation from the appropriate data bus implementation. This merging approach maintains fast processing by avoiding redundant data retrieval operations while reducing processing costs and operational complexity through efficient resource utilization.